The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its Indo-Pacific partners, including South Korea, will discuss resilience, support for Ukraine, disinformation, cybersecurity and emerging technologies during their summit in Washington next week, a senior US administration official said. Are planning to do.
The NATO summit is scheduled to take place in the US capital from Tuesday to Thursday. The leaders of the alliance’s four Indo-Pacific partners (IP4) – South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Japan – have been invited to the summit to mark the 75th anniversary of NATO’s founding, Yonhap news agency reported.
“We are bringing together some of our closest non-NATO partners to discuss issues such as resilience, cyber, disinformation and technology,” the official said in a virtual briefing.
He added, “This particular group of IP4, as we call them in NATO parlance – Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the ROK (Republic of Korea), these are some of our closest partners that we work with in the region.”
The NATO summit involving Indo-Pacific partners is scheduled to be held on Thursday.
The official did not elaborate on the issue of flexibility. In the NATO context, resilience refers to the ability to prepare for, resist, respond to, and quickly recover from shocks and disruptions across the entire spectrum of threats, according to an article on NATO’s Allied Command Transformation website.
At the NATO gathering, there will be a “strong” show of US and allies’ support for Ukraine, the official said, highlighting Washington’s plan to announce new steps to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense and military capabilities.
“Together, the Washington summit will send a strong signal to Putin that if he thinks he can outwit the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine, he is absolutely wrong,” he said.
“We are also sending an important message to the rest of the world, including our partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, as we stand united and in support of democratic values,” he said.
The summit is taking place amid growing concerns about Biden’s mental health and physical fitness, which were again questioned after a poor debate performance last week.
Observers said Biden could take advantage of the summit to highlight that he is ready for the post and capable of leading the country for the next four-year term.
“Foreign leaders have watched Joe Biden up close and personal for the last three years. They know who they’re dealing with and they know how effective he is,” the official said.
“What the President has done over the last three years is to reinvigorate the NATO alliance, including expanding it, making it more capable. He is mobilizing a coalition of at least 50 allies and partners to counter President Putin’s threat to Ukraine. “Standing up against unprecedented aggression. Providing capabilities to Ukraine.”
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