BRUSSELS (TASS): NATO experts have prepared the NATO 2030 – United for aNew Era report, which claims that in the upcoming 10 years, China willbecome the second-worst enemy of the Alliance after Russia, and that thebloc must be urgently reformed in order to counteract it, establishing anumber of specialized structures, a source in Brus-sels told TASS Tuesday.

“According to the NATO 2030 report, which Secretary General JensStoltenberg will present at the NATO Foreign Ministers’ video conferenceTuesday, in the upcoming decade, the Alliance must concentrate, besides theresponse to traditional threats [deterrence of Russia and humanitarianinterventions], on countering challenges coming from China. The reportrecommends establishing special structures, which must guarantee NATO’stechnical dominance over China and protect the member states from Chinaestablishing an economic control over their strategic sectors of economy,”the source said.

“The authors also recommend including China and measures for countering itin a new edition of the NATO Strategic Concept.”

The report also “notes the necessity to prevent China from establishingcontrol over the key commodity sources, including new-generation ones, inthe third countries, in Africa in particular.”

Lithium is considered one of such “resources of the future.” It is a keyresource for production of rechargeable batteries, necessary for efficientuse of alternative energy sources, which the European countries currentlyactively promote.

Stoltenberg announced the presentation of the NATO 2030 report Monday,adding that the report’s final version would be presented at the 2021 NATOsummit in Brussels. He also stated that China is a new challenge for NATO,because it invests heavily in development of new weapons, does not sharethe NATO values and creeps up on the alliance, from the Arctic to Africa.