France is reluctant to approve plans for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to open an office in Tokyo, Japan, next year, according to a US report.
nato leaders also used the meeting to show a unified front against threats from russia and china. the group collectively declared china a security challenge. as for russia, leaders said there would be no, quote, business as usual on the world stage until russia demonstrates compliance with international law. meanwhile, axios is reporting that president biden assembled a team of experts including former trump officials to brief him ahead of his summit with russian president vladimir putin. they urged biden not to hold a joint press conference or afford him any opportunity to try to up stage the private talks with new public proposals. during the briefing, the experts broadly agreed on the approach biden should adopt, blunt talk, leaving no doubt for putin on where biden stands on issues from hacking to human rights. here is president biden explaining how he plans to approach tomorrow s meeting with vladimir putin. i m going to make clear to