World should be 'extremely worried' about Russia-China relationship, EU foreign policy chief warns

By Euronews with AP

Published connected 31/05/2025 - 22:21 GMT+2•Updated 22:34

The world should beryllium “extremely worried” astir Russia and China’s narration arsenic North Korean troops conflict alongside Russian soldiers successful Ukraine, nan European Union’s overseas argumentation said connected Saturday.

“When China and Russia speak of starring together, nan alteration is not seen successful 100 years and of revisions of nan world information order. We should each beryllium highly worried,” Kallas said during nan Shangri-La Dialogue, a world information convention successful Singapore. 

European and Asian information stay interconnected, nan EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs stated while speaking connected a sheet astir ensuring world stability. 

“Our information is very overmuch interlinked, and what we person to do for not nan worst lawsuit script happening, is that we really request to take sides nan world rule because that says it all,” Kallas explained.

“That is nan umbrella that really protects, particularly nan smaller states.” 

US warns of increasing threat from China

Kallas said aft US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth warned of expanding subject and economical unit coming from China.  

In his reside astatine nan conference, he reassured friends successful nan Indo-Pacific they would not beryllium near alone, while insisting they lend much to their ain defence. 

Hegseth said Washington would bolster overseas defences to antagonistic what nan US views arsenic an expanding threat from China – peculiarly successful its stance towards Taiwan. 

China does not recognise Taiwan's independence. Chinese President Xi Jinping hasn’t ruled retired taking it by force. China regularly sends subject craft and ships adjacent Taiwan and presently has an craft bearer southeast of nan island.   

China’s service “is rehearsing for nan existent deal,” Hegseth said successful his keynote speech. “We are not going to sugarcoat it — nan threat China poses is real. And it could beryllium imminent.” 

He urged Indo-Pacific countries to summation their defence spending to levels akin to nan 5% of their gross home merchandise that European nations which are portion of NATO are now pushed to contribute. 

The caput of China’s delegation to nan convention accused Hegseth of making “groundless accusations”.