NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that certain countries such as Iran, Russia and China are working more closely by forming an “alliance of powers” against the West.

He described growing links between those three countries in efforts to undermine Western countries, in a world which has become “much more dangerous”. 

Speaking as NATO marks its 75th anniversary, Stoltenberg - head of the organization for the past 10 years - said the world was now “much more dangerous, much more unpredictable” and “much more violent”, Daily Mail reported.

And he cautioned about what he called an “authoritarian” alliance providing each other with “more and more aligned” practical support.

Stoltenberg claimed: “China is propping up the Russian war economy, delivering key parts to the defense industry, and in return Moscow is mortgaging its future to Beijing.”

He also accused Russia of giving technology to Iran and North Korea in return for ammunition and other military supplies.