Talks are underway for NATO to open a liaison office in Tokyo, the military alliance's first in Asia, Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said.
"We are already in discussions, but no details finalized yet," Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi toldin an interview on Wednesday, adding that the country was left with no choice but to rethink its security following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has made the world"more unstable."
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg with the leaders of Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea during the NATO summit at the Ifema Congress Center in Madrid, on June 29, 2022." document, listing China as one of its strategic priorities for the first time."The People's Republic of China's stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values," it said.
"The main point to remember here is that the NATO Charter limits the organization to operating in the 'North Atlantic Area.' It is not a global actor," Hayton told"NATO first established relations with Japan and South Korea in the context of North Korea's development of missiles and nuclear weapons that had the potential to pose a threat to NATO states as well.
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