NATO Response Force expands its and increase their numbers – Onet.pl

 
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  Jens Stoltenberg
 
 
 

The decisions that ministers made after the first day meeting in Brussels, NATO Secretary General announced Jens Stoltenberg. He noted that the Alliance takes further steps to adapt to the challenges in the field of security. – We decided to increase the size and capability of the NATO Response Force, including their components, air, maritime and special forces. Staff strengthened NATO Response Force will consist of about 40 thousand. people. This is significantly more than in the previous level of 13,000 – Stoltenberg said.

NATO Response Force (NATO Response Force, NRF) is existing since 2003. rapid reaction force. In 2014. The Alliance decided to reform them, creating, among others, spearhead, which forces capable of reacting even within two to three days.

Stoltenberg announced that it was decided also speed up the decision making process about the use of troops and the adoption – related to this issue – a new, more detailed concept planning. The decision to send soldiers continue to belong to the politicians, though here announced reduction procedures. Above all, the commander of NATO forces in Europe will be able to eg. To raise standby troops. All this, so that soldiers could go off as soon as the political decision is taken.

The ministers also agreed on the details of Creation of six staff units (the so-called. NFIU), which will be created in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and the Baltic countries. Their mission is to accelerate the adoption of NATO forces on the territory of these countries, including thanks to the logistical support. Staff units have to count approx. 40 people. They arise until the end of the year. Another decision is to create a new logistics headquarters in the NATO structures. It also has to shorten the time in which the soldiers will be able to step in.

Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak told reporters that he expects that the decision, which will be deployed in Poland American military equipment is a matter of weeks. On Tuesday, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the US-deployment of approx. 250 pieces of tanks, armored vehicles and other military equipment in the six countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including in our country.

– I do not want to give away before decisions here, which we expect location here, but it seems to me that we are at the stage that these decisions were made relatively quickly – said Deputy Prime Minister. Inquired when the decision is made, Siemoniak said: “I have a high expectation, knowing the exact status of these negotiations, it is rather a matter of weeks”. Stipulated that does not want to speak for the Americans and that you overdub legal details of a treaty and can always arise detail that you will have more fine-tune.

– These are very serious decisions and they must be well prepared, because I appreciate that these are decisions for decades – stressed Siemoniak. As assessed in the decision allies see the United States will engage more actively in the implementation of the commitments from the last NATO summit in September 2014. In Newport, Wales.

The Deputy Prime Minister also referred to the Russian announcement to increase nuclear arsenal. As judged, nobody wants nuclear arms race. – We have the second decade of the twenty-first century. And a return to the Cold War for anyone is not favorable, but NATO has in its ranks those that already have nuclear weapons and that sort of blackmail are not worried – he said Siemoniak.

In a similar vein Stoltenberg commented. He assured that NATO does not seek confrontation nor does it want arms race. – We want to ensure the security of our countries. We meet with many challenges from various directions, we need to be ready for it – he explained.

NATO Secretary General welcomed the US declaration ws. distribution equipment, as well as support high readiness forces with US air transport, aerial refueling, special forces, intelligence and reconnaissance.

evening for a working dinner, ministers discussed preparations for the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July 2016. Poland wants to lead to the adoption of the plan, which calls Siemoniak strategic adaptation of the Warsaw initiative, through which NATO has to adapt to permanent changes in the security situation in the south and east. Polish Deputy Prime Minister said that the three most serious threat to Europe – Russia’s policy, the so-called. State Islamic and humanitarian crisis in North Africa – are equally important.

On Thursday, the second day of the meeting, Ministers from NATO countries will meet with Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan półtorak. That day will also include a discussion on the situation in Afghanistan, where since the beginning of the NATO training mission leads Resolute Support, in place of the previous one, fighting the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan).

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