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The EU is seeking an anti-China alliance with countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
But the project met with incomprehension. China was not invited to the EU-Indo-Pacific Forum in Stockholm, which was attended by thirty riparian countries on Saturday, 13 May.
Several foreign ministers, including India, Pakistan, Singapore and India, expressed concern. They stressed that they did not want to be drawn into a new Cold War and opposed the formation of the bloc. They also called for more respect for the norms of the world trading system.
The European Union disappointed its guests that 13 of its 27 foreign ministers did not attend the meeting, including Annalena Baerbock.
EU foreign ministers discussed the realignment of EU-China policy in Stockholm on Friday. A strategy paper later presented by European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell envisioned a significant intensification of the direction of confrontation against China. However, there is no consensus within the EU.
It was reported that, on the one hand, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had said in the past that she could “envision comprehensive sanctions against China”, on the other hand, Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis described China as the main partner.
The search for allies against Russia is also a topic of the event. EU Foreign Commissioner Josep Borrell assures that it is not about “convincing” an anti-Russian course: “We are not at war.” The invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had a different symbolic effect.
In contrast to the West, Asian participants are demanding an immediate end to the Ukrainian conflict. There is also no agreement on the anti-China position. Pakistan’s foreign minister rejects the division of the world into blocs. Indonesia and the Comoros do not want to be part of a new Cold War. The Comoran president has supported China in the Taiwan conflict. The European Union is struggling to exert influence in the region as Kenya moves closer to the West.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar called for regular and comprehensive talks and a generous strategic approach by the EU. He emphasized the importance of a multipolar world and rejected the unipolar domination of the West.
