Global General
NATO: No formal role with China in near future
By Tan Yingzi (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-24 12:24
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WASHINGTON: Ivo Daalder,Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said Tuesday that NATO has recognized China as an important global actor but it would not establish a formal role with China in near future.
"NATO doesn't have a formal role with China, although we have NATO officials, including the deputy secretary general, have traveled to China and there’s the beginnings of a dialogue," he said during the special press briefing about the future of NATO.
"I don’t think you will see much of a formalization of this in the Strategic Concept. I do think that what NATO has recognized is an actor in a global world. If you’re an actor in a global world, you need to deal with other global actors that are out there. And China is, of course, a very important one."
