Former prime minister Paul Keating has continued his defence of China’s rise and savaged NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg as a “supreme fool” as the military bloc looks to expand its influence to Asia.
Australia will join Japan, New Zealand and South Korea at the meeting of European and Atlantic nations as the military bloc looks to expand its influence.
He said Mr Stoltenberg’s insistence on fostering deeper connections with Asia could risk spreading the “militarism of Europe” to the east. In typical Keating style, the former prime minister savaged Mr Stoltenberg for comparing China to Russia and accused him of being in the pocket of the United States.
“Stoltenberg conducts himself as an American agent more than he performs as a leader and spokesperson for European security.” The organisation’s scope is limited to the North Atlantic under articles V and VI of its statutes and a regional liaison office would require the unanimous support of the North Atlantic Council.
“Emmanuel Macron is doing the world a service putting a spike into Stoltenberg's wheel,” Mr Keating said.
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