July 12, 2023:
Information Clearing House
-- The NATO summit is
being held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from Tuesday
to Thursday. The meeting focuses on plans to
"counter the threat" from Russia, including
discussions on NATO's expansion and Ukraine's
future membership to NATO. Meanwhile, NATO's
strategic impulse to meddle in the Asia-Pacific
region is also imminent at this summit.
Expanding cooperation with the four
"Asia-Pacific partners" - Japan, South Korea,
Australia and New Zealand - is another major
topic of the summit. In this regard, the US
media boldly stated that NATO is trying to
"deter China's strategic ambitions."
This is the second year that Japan, South Korea,
Australia and New Zealand have been invited to
the NATO summit. In order to firmly rope in
these four countries, NATO imitated the "Quad"
mechanism of the US, Japan, India and Australia
at last year's summit, and specially created a
new name for these four countries called
"Asia-Pacific Four (AP4)." This aims to
institutionalize the cooperation between these
four countries and NATO, and make them de facto
new allies of "NATO+" in the Asia-Pacific
region. According to sources, the joint
statement to be issued in Vilnius will change
the name of AP4 to "Indo-Pacific Four (IP4),"
which is undoubtedly more in line with
Washington's tone.
There are 31 NATO members, but they have never
been monolithic and have different views on many
international issues. However, they are in
general dominated by the will of the US. Now
they have been kidnapped by the panic and
tension instigated by the US, becoming
"Washington's axe, spears and shovels." Wherever
NATO goes, wars are likely to break out. These
are not only the subjective impressions left by
NATO, but also objective facts to a large
extent. This situation is actually more worthy
of the high vigilance of those member states
within NATO that have no intention of being
passively involved in the war.
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The outbreak and prolongation of the
Russia-Ukraine conflict, along with the chaos
and changes in the world, have given NATO, which
was once on the verge of brain death, an
opportunity to breathe and extend its existence.
However, it has also led NATO to make highly
erroneous conclusions and judgments, resulting
in an unprecedented expansion of its
geopolitical ambitions after the Cold War, as
evidenced by the NATO summit in Vilnius.
At the Vilnius summit, we saw NATO become more
ambitious and aggressive. When NATO is being
arrogant, we must sternly warn it of two points:
Firstly, NATO must restrain rather than indulge
its own impulse to expand, position itself
correctly, and never cross the line; secondly,
NATO must respect the legitimate security
concerns and interest demands of major countries
in the region, rather than offend and provoke
them. Otherwise, it will lead to disastrous
consequences. The conflict between Russia and
Ukraine is a lesson. If NATO does not restrain
itself but even aggravates its actions, more
serious consequences will follow.
To put it more directly, NATO must promptly
withdraw the black hand it has extended toward
the Asia-Pacific region, and it should not even
think about squeezing half of its body in the
future. Apart from certain countries like Japan,
which act out of dark selfish motives rather
than considering the overall interests of Asia,
the majority of countries in Asia not only do
not welcome NATO but also see it as a terrible
monster that should be avoided at all costs.
This is because NATO only brings security risks,
war threats, and development predicament to
Asia.
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating
recently issued a statement, criticizing NATO
and its Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
without reservation. He hit the nail on the
head, saying "The Europeans have been fighting
each other for the better part of 300 years,
including giving the rest of us two world wars
in the last hundred. Exporting that malicious
poison to Asia would be akin to Asia welcoming
the plague upon itself." He also called
Stoltenberg, who exaggerates the China threat, a
"supreme fool" who "conducts himself as an
American agent more than he performs as a leader
and spokesperson for European security."
Keating is a visionary and insightful
politician. We highly agree with his statement.
No one has criticized NATO more accurately and
vividly than Keating. His words reflect a
consensus among Asian countries. The
transatlantic military alliance, which has been
expanding and disrupting the security situation
in Europe since the Cold War, is now extending
its reach into the Asia-Pacific region. Its
ulterior motives are well-known in the
international community. Inciting division and
hatred, creating group confrontations, and
causing chaos in Europe, they now seek to
disrupt the peace in the Asia-Pacific region. We
firmly resist this, together with the majority
of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan, disregarding strong opposition from its
neighbors, is stubbornly pushing its plan to
dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the
ocean. Now it is persistently introducing NATO's
military and political troubles into Asia, which
could be seen as Japan's second betrayal and
crime against Asia after its fascist aggression.
If there are consequences, Japan bears an
undeniable historical responsibility. Given
this, it is not excessive no matter how we
condemn Japan.