NATO ‘responding to China’s challenge’, Yoon Seok-yeol to NATO ‘non-proliferation cooperation, institutionalization of free solidarity’
In a joint statement, NATO specified “responding to China’s challenges,” and South Korea signed a “counter-terrorism, disarmament, and non-proliferation program cooperation” with NATO, and announced “institutionalization of free values.”
"China's ambitions and coercive policies are a challenge to our interests, security and values," a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit joint statement said on the 12th.
"China is increasingly challenging the international order based on law," NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said at a press conference at the Vilnius summit on the 12th, adding that "China is increasing its nuclear arsenal at an unprecedented rate," Yomiuri reported. .
Immediately after arriving in Vilnius, President Yoon Seok-yeol met Republican US Senators on the street and signed an ITPP (Individual Partnership Program) with NATO to cooperate in seven areas: counter-terrorism, disarmament, non-proliferation, emerging technologies, cyber defense, and science and technology.
The presidential office said that President Yoon met a US senator by chance while taking a walk on the street to adjust to jet lag, and the person he met is a senator leading the hard-line conservative policy of the US Republican Party.
The NATO Joint Declaration stated that "the future of Ukraine lies in NATO" and that "if the allies agree and the conditions are met, we will be in a position to extend the invitation to Ukraine to join the alliance." It reflected the statement of 'opposition to joining during the war'.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the day, "Potentially, this issue (joining Ukraine NATO) is very dangerous for European security, so those making decisions should be aware of this." They don't seem to understand that moving to the Russian border was a mistake," Reuters reported.
The NATO summit declared Turkey's membership in Sweden from 'against' to 'in favor', and unexpectedly, the United States said on the 10th that it would "review the matter" about the 'opposition' to the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Reuters reported on the 10th.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez of the Democratic Party met with reporters that day and said, "We are discussing this issue with the (Biden) administration." We must be able to find a way to stop the attack on us."
Turkey initially attempted to purchase the US F-35, but was frustrated, and attempted a European version of the KF-21 program of F-16 co-production, which was attempted in Korea, but was put on hold by opposition from the Democratic Party. It is also expected to affect production export contracts.
The New York Times said, “At the NATO summit held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, on the 11th, Denmark, the Netherlands and 16 other European countries established an association to train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighter jets with US approval.” It was reported on the 12th that it announced that it would establish and educate -16 training schools.
The NATO statement notes that China is steadily expanding its global influence using "a wide range of political, economic and military tools" and "striving to dominate" key technologies and mineral resources. South Korea signed an agreement with China on disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation as leverage, strongly urging the government to increase the transparency of its nuclear policy.
Reuters reported that Secretary-General Stoltenberg said at a press conference that "China is increasingly challenging the rules-based international order." gap emerged.
Kim Tae-hyo, 1st deputy chief of national security, told local reporters, "ITPP is a program to reconsider the effectiveness of cooperation in 11 areas with the common goal of strengthening the norm-based international order." It was institutionalized and substantiated cooperation between Korea and NATO at the solidarity keynote committee," he said, referring to the 'institutionalization of the expansion of freedom values'.
"We reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the government and people of Ukraine in the heroic defense of our country, land and shared values," the NATO Declaration stated.
“NATO members in Eastern Europe have argued that placing Ukraine under the NATO security umbrella is the best way to prevent another Russian attack, while Western European countries such as the United States and Germany are moving out of fear that NATO could come into direct conflict with Russia,” Reuters reported. I was more careful about it,” he reported.
The AP said, “NATO aid to Ukraine is not fatal. The 31-nation military alliance provides only 'non-lethal equipment support', such as fuel combat food, medical supplies, body armor, winter uniforms, and equipment to counter deadly lethal landmines, chemical and biological threats, and drones." NATO decided by consensus. However, since not all member states agree to send weapons, the alliance does not impose sanctions, and some member states do so through other organizations such as the European Union (EU),” he said on the 11th.
As for NATO's response, the Associated Press said, "As Russia builds up its forces around Ukraine in 2021, NATO's goal is to strengthen its territory, especially the eastern flank countries very close to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, from Estonia in the north to Romania on the Black Sea." revealed
NATO's Article 5 'common defense' provision was first introduced in 2011 when the "one for all, for all" was invoked to maintain peace in the Balkans and fight against Taliban-led rebels in war-torn Afghanistan prior to the Taliban's takeover of the country. Applied only to combat.
Although NATO is a military alliance, it does not have its own weapons, and weapons such as battleships, fighter jets, and missiles, and 30,000 military personnel are “supplied” by member countries, and most of the costs are borne by member countries.
NATO's only military equipment of its own is an early warning radar plane and some surveillance drones.
NATO Headquarters is headquartered in a large-scale building in Brussels and has a military base in Mons, Belgium. It is intervening in the standardization transition strategy.
Member-provided NATO forces currently number 40,000 in confrontations along Europe's eastern flank adjacent to Russia, with 27 warships operating in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas operating around 100 aircraft a day, the Associated Press said in June.
The US Republican Party's strategy of arms augmentation policy is being concentrated as a contract to supply South Korean weapons, which are replicas of US weapons, to Poland, an Eastern European country adjacent to Russia, is being jointly produced in Poland.
As for America's absolute clout with NATO, the Associated Press said, "It spends more on its own military budget than everything else combined, and pays more than a quarter of NATO's common money for military infrastructure and co-owned equipment." “Washington has a big say in the management of the situation, and small allies aspire to train and cooperate with the U.S. military because of the equipment and expertise that they cannot afford alone in providing U.S. forces.”