Exclusive: Japan is in talks to open a NATO office as Ukraine war makes world less stable, foreign minister says

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.CNN EXCLUSIVE: Japan is in talks to open a NATO liaison office, the first of its kind in Asia, the country's foreign minister told CNN in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, saying Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made the world less stable.

"We are already in discussions, but no details finalized yet," Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday.

"Something happening in East Europe is not only confined to the issue in East Europe, and that affects directly the situation here in the Pacific. That's why a cooperation between us in East Asia and NATO becoming ... increasingly important." Russia's invasion drove non-aligned Finland and Sweden to abandon their neutrality and seek protection within NATO, with Finland formally joining the bloc last month.

"Asia is a promising land for cooperation and a hotbed for peaceful development. It should not be a platform for those who seek geopolitical fights," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning in a briefing last week."NATO's eastward push and interference in Asia Pacific matters will definitely undermine regional peace and stability."

He also pointed to Russia as a neighbor to Japan, and the threat of a North Korean nuclear test, after months of warnings from observers that there is renewed activity at the test site.

 

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