LONDON -- NATO members agreed on Thursday to increase "practical and political cooperation" with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, in response to China's failure to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine.
"We agreed to step up cooperation with our partners in the Asia-Pacific, because the crisis has global ramifications," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a news conference, concluding two days of meetings of foreign ministers from the military alliance. The four Asia-Pacific countries were invited to attend the NATO gathering in Brussels.
