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– NATO should abandon Cold War mentality, zero-sum game and practice of creating enemies and not try to mess up Asia and the whole world after disrupting Europe, door said -speaker Xhaou Lijan of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China accuses NATO members of creating tension and provoking conflict by sending warships and planes to areas near the Asian mainland and the South China Sea.
At the Madrid summit, NATO leaders worked on a strategic concept that mentions China for the first time. The country is expected to be identified as a security challenge.
In the last weeks before the summit, a few episodes have caught the eye. Recently, a surveillance plane from Canada, a NATO country, was intercepted in international airspace by a Chinese fighter plane. Canadian officials described the Chinese pilot as acting recklessly.
In late May, Australia said China acted aggressively against an air force plane carrying out surveillance in the South China Sea.
Zhao also criticized the sanctions against Russia. China refused to condemn the invasion, nor did it describe the war as an act of aggression.
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