NATO's traditional East Asian allies, Japan and South Korea,
have decided not to attend the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague following the US
attacks on Iran and its nuclear program.
Days earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
declared that "the security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions
is inseparable."
Meanwhile, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung cited
"pragmatism" as a reason for scaling back cooperation with NATO, but
also "uncertainty stemming from developments in the Middle East."
Myung and the Democratic Party of Korea are friendly to
China and prefer a peaceful solution to the Korean War. (CIG)
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