CNBC: NATO chief sees no ‘imminent threat’ against allies in face of China, Russia tensions
* China and Russia “are two very different challenges for NATO. We don’t see any imminent threat against any NATO ally,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC from Brussels.
* The comments come amid the lowest point since the Cold War for relations between Russia and the West.
* President Donald Trump this week announced plans to withdraw some U.S. troops from Germany, alarming many NATO officials and German ministers.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sees no imminent threats to members of the 30-country alliance, even in the face of a rising China and worsening relations with Russia, he told CNBC on Thursday.
“Those two nations [China and Russia] are two very different challenges for NATO. We don’t see any imminent threat against any NATO ally,” Stoltenberg told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble from Brussels.
“But we have to respond to a changing world where we see a more assertive Russia, we see a Russia which is investing heavily in new modern capabilities, including new missiles, and we have seen the aggressive actions of Russia against Ukraine.”
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WNU Editor: I agree with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Russia is focused internally on handling the pandemic, and outside the country the focus is on Syria and Libya. China is engaged in border disputes with almost all of its neighbours. The pandemic is also a crisis that China is still trying to contain. NATO is not on Beijing's radar screen right now.
