With thousands of North Korean troops at Ukraine’s border and a “no limits” partnership in place between Moscow and Beijing, the notion that the security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions is "inseparable" has now become a “very visible reality,” the European Union’s ambassador to Tokyo said in an exclusive interview.
The rapidly unfolding geopolitical changes have prompted Brussels to “enhance and fortify ties” with its Indo-Pacific partners, with the unprecedented security and defense partnership recently launched with Japan being a clear reflection of these efforts, Ambassador Jean-Eric Paquet told The Japan Times.
The new partnership will take bilateral ties to the “next level,” he said, as it will not only complement existing initiatives between Tokyo and individual European states but also pave the way for broader, collective measures at the EU level in critical areas such as cyber and defense industry tie-ups.
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