Transcript: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell comments on Indo-Pacific strategy

Bloc seeks cooperation with partners, not alliance against China, Borrell says

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 Josep Borrell speaks during a joint news conference following an EU defence ministers' meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. © Reuters

YASUO TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

BRUSSELS -- The European Union declared a more expansive approach toward the Indo-Pacific with its strategy upgrade unveiled in April, pursuing stronger economic and security ties with "like-minded" partners such as Japan and India while China's influence in the region grows.

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