Former United Nations officials stated that NATO expanded eastward and attempting Ukraine to join NATO is a deep cause of Russia and Ukraine's conflict. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded

On July 8, 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference

Reporter of the General Taiwan State: Former United Nations official Kuberh said that NATO expanded eastward and attempted to allow Ukraine to join NATO is a deep cause of Russia and Ukraine conflict, and pointed out that this kind of behavior will maintain world peace and security established after World War II. The mechanism caused severe damage. what opinions do the Chinese have on this issue?

Zhao Lijian: These days, I have clarified the Chinese position on NATO related issues many times.

As we all know, NATO is a war machine, and the history of NATO is a history of constantly creating conflicts and launching war. The Cold War has ended for many years. NATO should have withdrawn from the stage of history, but created a turbulent and disaster world everywhere. NATO has become a tool for the United States to implement hegemony and become a "thug" for the United States to launch war. NATO claims to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries, but the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries have been destroyed without exception; Severe humanitarian disaster. From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Kosovo, from Iraq to Afghanistan and Libya, according to incomplete statistics, the war launched and participated in NATO after 2001 caused 900,000 people to be killed, including 400,000 civilians, which also led to tens of millions of refugees.

Asia -Pacific is a peaceful and stable anchor, a new highland for development, and a new highland of cooperation. It is the most developed region in the world today. NATO's continuous expansion in Europe has caused the Ukrainian crisis. Now NATO tries to further break through the regional and boundaries and provoke a group confrontation in the Asia -Pacific, which will inevitably bring huge dangers to regions and global security. NATO is increasingly constituted a "systemic challenge" of world peace and security.

Asia -Pacific countries welcomes the efforts of building peace, conspiracy to develop, and "successful" together. They are not welcome to ignite the fire, create confrontation, and want to "do things". NATO should immediately abandon the wrong practice of poor soldiers and martial arts, abandon the plot of chaotic Europe, chaos Asia Pacific, and chaos.

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