The logic of the blocs "is not inevitable" and "cannot give good answers", French Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecorneau said today at a forum in Singapore dedicated to security, AFP reported, quoted by BTA.
Lecornu spoke after a speech by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who welcomed the expansion of military partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region between the US and its allies over the past three years to counter Chinese influence.
"We experienced the logic of the blocs during the Cold War and we clearly see that it is moving towards the North Pacific, where we, the French, have an outlet with our overseas territories," Lecorneau said at the "Shangri La Dialogue". - annual forum on defense issues, which continues tomorrow.
In April, French President Emmanuel Macron said he refused to enter into the logic of sticking to a certain bloc and urged Europeans not to blindly follow the US or China, AFP recalled.
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