NATO secretary general Mark Rutte contacted Japan’s defence minister after a Chinese nuclear submarine fired a test missile into the Pacific. He stated that the alliance cannot be naive about China’s increasing military strength.
Mark Rutte made the remarks on the day the incident was reported.
The contact with Japan followed the submarine’s missile test in the Pacific.
“This is why we have this close cooperation, because these theatres are getting more intertwined, connected,” Rutte explained.
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