China punishes NATO after Stoltenberg’s statement

– NATO claims on the one hand to be a regional defense alliance, but on the other hand continues to go beyond its borders, expand its mandate, exceed its defense zone and encourage confrontation, says spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lin Jian at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday .

– It shows that it has sunk deep into a cold war mentality and ideological subjectivity. This is the real source of the dangers that threaten global peace and stability, reads the highly critical statement.

Sharp criticism

China’s reprimand comes following NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg accused China of supporting and enabling Russia’s war once morest Ukraine at a press conference.

China was mentioned along with Iran and North Korea, both countries that supply Russia with weapons, which there is no documentation that China does.

However, Chinese authorities have come under sharp criticism from Western countries for allowing Chinese companies to export civilian products to Russia that are also useful for the Russian military.

– Disassociates

– NATO’s so-called security comes at the expense of other countries’ security, Lin believes and accuses NATO of being a danger to both global and regional security, while at the same time claiming that it is China that contributes to peace and development in the world.

– China strongly rejects NATO’s slander and attacks on China, its penchant for blaming others, as well as NATO’s use of China as an excuse to move eastward into the Asia-Pacific region and stoke regional tensions, says Lin .