Singapore (AP) – Support for China and North Korea for Russia War against Ukraine He revealed how the lines between the regions were blurred and the need for a global approach to defense, the highest security officials said on Sunday.
North Korea sent soldiers to fight on front lines in Ukraine, while China supported Russia and international sanctions economically and technologically.
The Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilvor Šakalien button told delegates in Shangri-La dialogue, the Asian premiere defense forum that if Ukraine was to drop, it should have a ripple in Asia and suggested that it could broadcast China on Tailarwan.
“If Russia is prevails in Ukraine, it is not Europe. It is not one region,” she said. “Here in an Indo-Pacific, even smaller states will send a very clear signal that anyone can ignore their boundaries, that any fancy apology can justify the invasion.”
Comments have aroused those from French President Emmanuel Macron When he opened the conference on Friday, he defended the greater European involvement in the Indo-Pacific.
Saturday American Defense Minister Pete HegSeth The proposed European countries should concentrate their defensive efforts in their own region and Leave Indo-Pacifik more on the US, But Jackalien says said that the regions were clearly connected.
“It’s not a secret that when we talk about the main fags in the area of cyber security against Japan, it is China, Russia and North Korea,” she said.
“Speaking of the main offenders of cyber security against Lithuania, it is Russia, China and Belarus – two of the three are exactly the same.”
She added that “the convergence of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea to an increasingly coordinated authoritarian axis,” requires a unified reaction. Iran was a key supplier of offensive drones to Russia for his war efforts.
“In this context, the strategic focus of the United States on Indo-Pacific is justified and necessary, but it is not only America responsibility,” she said.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told journalists at secondary points that his main with him from a three -day conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies was “the real intention in the way the European countries were involved”.
“It reflects the feeling of connection, interconnection … between Indo-Pacifik on one side and northern Atlantic on the other,” he said.
This year, China sent a delegation at a lower level from its National Defense University, but its Foreign Ministry responded on Sunday to HegSeth’s comments that Beijing had destabilized the region and was preparing for perhaps Taiwan.
“No country in the world does not deserve to be called hegemonic power other than the US itself, which is also a primary factor that undermines peace and stability in Asia and the Pacific,” he said, reiterating his position that the Taiwanese problem was the internal Chinese affair.
“The US must play with fire on this issue,” the ministry said.
Minister of Defense Filipin Gilberto Teodoro JR whose country was involved increasingly violent clashes with China Despite competitive demands in the South China Sea, they mocked the idea that the US was a problem.
“What the Chinese government considers to be fair and can only stand in sharp contrast to the standards and values received by the rest of the world, especially smaller countries,” he said.
“To imagine the international order in China, we just have to look at how they treat their much smaller neighbors in the South China Sea.”
He also emphasized the international consequences of tensions in Indo-Pacific and noted that the South China Sea was one of several maritime routes that are “artery of the global economy”.
“Disruption of any of these naval corridors triggers undulating effects on continents, affecting trades, military commitment and diplomatic posture,” he said.
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