EU Indo-Pacific Strategy not a provocation to China

The European Union’s broader strategy on the Indo-Pacific region is not meant to isolate China, according to a senior Brussels official. The EU’s approach will be inclusive, Enrique Mora, deputy secretary-general of the European External Action Service (EEAS), stressed on Monday at an online event hosted by the think tank European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA). This inclusive approach will also see to not exclude China, Mora said. Brussels sees the Indo-Pacific strategy and China policy as two separate issues.