State Department: the mention of China in the concept of NATO does not mean the activation of the alliance in the Pacific

“The strategic concept says that [NATO] acknowledged for the first time that China is pursuing a policy in an attempt to undermine the rules-based order, and this has implications for transatlantic security.

This is not about NATO coming in and getting involved [in his affairs].

It's about China's influence that it has on transatlantic security, and about NATO getting involved in this, ”TASS quoted the official as saying.

The new NATO strategic concept argues that China's policies and ambitions are contrary to the interests and values ​​of the North Atlantic Alliance, as well as the deepening of the strategic partnership between Beijing and Moscow.

The organization said China "seeks to undermine the rules-based international order."

The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the NATO countries, having identified China as a threat to their interests at the summit of the alliance, called into question the right of Beijing to develop as one of the poles of the multipolar world.