30 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –
North Korea considered this Monday that the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Seoul is a “prelude” to war.
“The NATO Secretary General’s trip to South Korea and Japan is a prelude to confrontation and war as it brings the dark clouds of a ‘new Cold War’ to the Asia-Pacific region,” Kim said. Tong Myong, a researcher at the Society for the Study of International Politics, in a statement collected by the KCNA news agency.
Kim has indicated that Stoltenberg’s visit “aims to instigate the creation of an Asian version of NATO”, in accordance with his strengthening in bilateral relations with Seoul and Tokyo in recent years, since “he considers them a key link to realize its ambition of hegemony”.
Likewise, Pyonyang has denounced that the Atlantic Alliance “turned Ukraine into a theater of proxy war”, an excuse with which it would put pressure on the Asian countries it visits regarding war tanks.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, this weekend accused the United States of having “further crossed the red line” by sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine for use in Russia’s counteroffensive in the country. .
Stoltenberg arrived in South Korea this Sunday with the intention of strengthening the association between the Asian country and the Atlantic alliance in the face of China’s ascendancy as a regional power that is “rapidly expanding its nuclear capacity” or the “global threat” it represents. North Korea.
NATO must face “global threats and challenges, including those posed by China,” Stoltenberg declared, after denouncing Chinese investment in modern military capabilities, in statements to the South Korean agency Yonhap.
