– North Korea in Ukraine is a great question for all of us. If China does not want NATO to be involved in Southeast Asia, should prevent commitment [Korei Północnej] in European territory Emmanuel Macron said during a speech at the Shangri-la Dialogue defensive summit in Singapore.
France has long maintained that The transatlantic military alliance should not expand its reach to Asia and led campaigns to block the opening of the NATO connecting office in Japan in 2023.
“I have objected to NATO to play a role in Asia, because I do not believe in commitment to someone else's strategic competition,” said Macron, However, suggesting that Paris can revise its position.
North Korea troops supported the war of Russia with Ukraine as part of a military pact between these two countries and Moscow She used Pyongyang soldiers to displace Ukrainian forces from the Kurski District in southwestern Russia.
Macron's speech is the culmination of his Asian journey, which began with a marriage quarrel. The president visited Vietnam and Indonesia, where France signed a number of contracts, including defense.
The journey ends in Singapore, where Macron gave an inaugural speech during the Shangri-la dialogue organized by the International Institute of Strategic Studies. It's a conferencewhich usually attracts leaders and defense ministers from around the world. Among this year's participants were US Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSeth and head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas.
French president He also warned against the risk of spreading nuclear weapons and the potential fall of the global order established after World War II.
Insisting on a traditional French mantra, The president called Asian nations to “independence” from both the US and China. – France is attached to strategic autonomy, freedom of sovereignty. We defend this approach for Europe and the Indo-Pacific-said Macron.
