Post by account_disabled on Feb 22, 2024 8:36:03 GMT
The United States has launched a cooperation pact with dozens of countries touching the Atlantic Ocean in Europe, Africa and the Americas, as Washington seeks to intensify economic, environmental and scientific ties across the region. The “Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation” was agreed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, on the eve of US President Joe Biden's speech to the world body scheduled for Tuesday. The move comes as the White House attempts to improve relations with developing countries and secure financial support for them, in an effort to offer a more viable alternative to China's growing global economic influence and infrastructure investments.
It also comes in the wake of criticism from some countries that the United States has been disproportionately focused (both economically and strategically) on supporting Ukraine compared to Pakistan Phone Number countries in the “global south” that have faced enormous challenges, since the coronavirus pandemic. to climate change, interest rates and international debt. The Atlantic pact does not have a military or security component, so it is not intended to be a complement or addition to NATO, which encompasses North Atlantic and European nations. But it does include a commitment to ensure that Atlantic countries are “free from interference, coercion or aggressive actions” and will guarantee “sovereign equality, territorial integrity and political independence.
A senior Biden administration official said the idea of boosting cooperation between Atlantic littoral countries predated Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine and reflected recognition that North and South Atlantic countries had been treated for too long as “separate entities”. The partnership, which will be coordinated by the foreign ministries of the countries involved, will allow them to better address common "transnational" problems, the US official said. These include illegal fishing, natural disasters and illicit trafficking, according to a White House fact sheet accompanying the announcement.
It also comes in the wake of criticism from some countries that the United States has been disproportionately focused (both economically and strategically) on supporting Ukraine compared to Pakistan Phone Number countries in the “global south” that have faced enormous challenges, since the coronavirus pandemic. to climate change, interest rates and international debt. The Atlantic pact does not have a military or security component, so it is not intended to be a complement or addition to NATO, which encompasses North Atlantic and European nations. But it does include a commitment to ensure that Atlantic countries are “free from interference, coercion or aggressive actions” and will guarantee “sovereign equality, territorial integrity and political independence.
A senior Biden administration official said the idea of boosting cooperation between Atlantic littoral countries predated Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine and reflected recognition that North and South Atlantic countries had been treated for too long as “separate entities”. The partnership, which will be coordinated by the foreign ministries of the countries involved, will allow them to better address common "transnational" problems, the US official said. These include illegal fishing, natural disasters and illicit trafficking, according to a White House fact sheet accompanying the announcement.