Kirby, the coordinator of the US National Security Council, slapped Beijing’s attempts to interfere with Indo-Pacific countries’ participation in international conferences by saying “China has no veto power.”Figure: Retrieved from Kirby’s Twitter
China and Russia frequently exercise veto power in the UN Security Council, this time is embarrassing! The Beijing authorities protested that the leaders of Japan and South Korea will attend the NATO summit in Spain on the 29th. The result was that the coordinator of the National Security Council of the United States, John Kirby, retorted that “China has no veto”. Slap in the face.
According to foreign reports, the United States and China have recently clashed over the upcoming NATO summit between South Korea’s new President Yoon Seok-wyeh and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
This multinational organization headed by the United States will hold a summit in Madrid, Spain on the 29th and 30th. It has attracted all NATO members, as well as non-NATO members in the Indo-Pacific region such as South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The leaders of the country participated, making China jump with anger.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made it clear at the press conference that he opposed the participation of these Indo-Pacific countries in the NATO summit, claiming that the Indo-Pacific region does not belong to the North Atlantic region geographically.
Unexpectedly, Kirby responded immediately, “China has no authority to veto which meeting South Korea will attend,” and directly slapped Wang Wenbin in the face.
Kirby also emphasized that the NATO summit is not to create an Asian version of NATO, but to emphasize that NATO is a security alliance between countries in the Atlantic region; he also added that the United States is excited regarding South Korea’s participation in the NATO summit.
Foreign reports pointed out that South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue left for Madrid, Spain on the followingnoon of the 27th local time, and will start a 5-day multilateral diplomatic trip. This is also the first time that a South Korean president has attended the NATO summit.
As for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, he will first go to Germany to attend the G7 summit, and then transfer to Spain. According to foreign reports, Kishida will emphasize at the NATO summit, “We must never allow one-sided use of force in any part of the world. change the status quo” and look forward to further cooperation with NATO.
It is expected that the talks between the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea, which will be held at 2:30 pm local time in Spain on the 29th, will become the highlight of the summit.
