Washington Summit: Secretary General underlines NATO’s deepening cooperation with Indo-Pacific and EU partners

  • 11 Jul. 2024 -
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  • Last updated: 11 Jul. 2024 16:58

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined the “strong and deepening cooperation” between NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners - Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand - and the European Union at its Summit in Washington on Thursday (11 July 2024).

Left to to right: Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister of New Zealand), Suk Yeol Yoon (President of the Republic of Korea), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, US President Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida (Prime Minister of Japan), Richard Marles (Deputy Prime Minister of Australia)

Together with its partners, NATO “will address our shared security challenges, including Russia’s war against Ukraine, China’s support for Russia’s war economy, and the growing alignment of authoritarian powers,” the Secretary General said. “In response, we must work ever more closely together to preserve peace and protect the rules-based international order,” he added.