BEIJING, Jan. 26 -- "We urge NATO to stop making up lies and stop any dangerous move that may disrupt the Asia Pacific, and take an objective and rational view of the growth of China and the Chinese military," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, at a regular press conference on Thursday.
It is reported that NATO will have its largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War, "Steadfast Defender 2024", which will last for over four months and involve 90,000 military personnel from the NATO member countries. Some analysts believe that NATO is moving from a crisis response organization to an operation alliance.
In response, Spokesperson Wu expressed that China is highly concerned with the military exercise to be held by the NATO. And, he also mentioned that NATO Secretary General was noticed to have made some inappropriate comments on China recently.
"As a regional military organization, NATO has launched and fought many wars around the world since its establishment," said the spokesperson. "In recent years, NATO has been inching closer to the Asia Pacific and using the non-existent 'China threat' as an excuse to advance bloc confrontation, which poses a threat to regional security."
"It's fair to say NATO is like a walking war machine, wherever it goes, there will be instability," said the spokesperson. Thus, he solemnly urged NATO to take an objective and rational view of the growth of China and the Chinese military, and do more things that are conducive to world peace.