DISINFO: NATO is dragging itself to Asia to cause provocations and escalations
SUMMARY
We see what is happening both around Russia and China, and we see the Western attempts to shift NATO’s activities towards Asia, which go beyond the scope of the statutory goals of this organisation.
It is also called the North Atlantic Alliance. What should it do in Asia? [...t]hey drag themselves to Asia, provoke there, escalate the situation, and create new military-political blocs with different compositions.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about NATO, portraying it as a belligerent organisation.
NATO is a defensive alliance whose primary aim is to maintain peace and safeguard the independence, security, and territorial integrity of its members. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's official policy is that "the Alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia."
NATO has many “partners across the globe” or “global partners”, which the Alliance cooperates with on an individual basis. NATO’s global partners include Australia, Colombia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan. Read more about NATO relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
Since Russia began its aggressive actions against Ukraine, Russian officials multiple times have accused NATO of a series of threats and hostile actions.
Read five Russian Myths debunked here.
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