Researcher Raik: A surprisingly strict message from NATO to China | News in brief

According to Kristi Raik, deputy director of the Estonian International Defense Research Center ICDS, China received a surprisingly harsh message from the NATO leaders.

Defense alliance At the NATO summit in Washington, the leaders sent a strong message to both Russia and China.

Deputy director of the Estonian International Defense Research Center ICDS Kristi Raikin according to the assessment, China even received a surprisingly harsh message from the NATO leaders.

As expected, NATO sees Russia as a long-term threat to European security.

– Regarding China, there was a surprisingly strict formulation of how China’s support for Russia in the war against Ukraine is decisively significant. Although China is still not a direct threat to NATO, through Russia’s war in Ukraine it is a significant factor in terms of European security, said Raik.

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