NATO agrees on strengthening the presence on the eastern flank – Gazeta Wyborcza

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Jens Stoltenberg - NATO Secretary General. At a meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the organization agreed to strengthen NATO's eastern flank (YVES HERMAN / REUTERS / REUTERS)

                  
                  
                  

                  
             

             
         
     
   
   
   
 
 
 
 

NATO defense ministers agreed on Wednesday to strengthen the extended military presence in the Eastern European member states - said the secretary general of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         

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Arrangements were made at a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels.

- We must ensure that we will be able to defend any of the countries allied against any kind of threat - said Stoltenberg. He explained that these decisions is the response of the Alliance to change the security situation, caused mainly by Russia's policy.

Stoltenberg announced that at the July NATO summit in Warsaw will be taken further decisions in this case.

yesterday, Stoltenberg at a press conference ws. summit in Brussels, Stoltenberg also drew attention to last week's announcement of the US ws. increased spending on military presence in Europe. - It will finance a permanent rotating presence in the air, on land and at sea, more training and exercises as well as more equipment and inventory in warehouses. This will be to finance further investments in infrastructure, such as airports, training centers and polygons. This will further increase the extended presence of NATO - said Stoltenberg.

Earlier, Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO Aleksandr Grushko warned that Moscow will respond to increasing NATO forces near the Russian borders. He stressed that Russia can not compromise the interests of its security, but did not specify what steps can therefore take the Kremlin.

Decisions related to strengthening the Eastern European part of the Alliance is a reaction to the annexation of the Crimea by Russia and explosion the conflict in eastern Ukraine. US President Barack Obamapotwierdził last week that the United States wants to spend in 2017 of 3.4 billion dollars. to strengthen the military presence in Eastern Europe, including a significant increase in the number of heavy weapons, armored vehicles and other equipment belonging to NATO countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

         

         

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