Albright: NATO is concerned about relations with Russia – BBC

– Talk about how many troops it and whether it would be appropriate to create a permanent base continues. People are waiting for the outcome of the NATO summit. I then in Warsaw on behalf of the Atlantic Council as an observer, and I think it will be very important summit – told PAP Albright.

– On the 60th anniversary of NATO I had the opportunity to lead the work on a new strategic concept and it was a time when we thought that the problems will occur outside the Alliance, when people thought that we will not have to worry again about the relationship between NATO and Russia. I am convinced that now NATO members are concerned about what is happening and why it is so important will be the summit in Warsaw – she explained.

The signal to Moscow

Command of US forces in Europe, plans to start in February 2017 years to increase its ground forces on the Old Continent through continuous rotary movement there armored brigades. Pentagon says explicitly that the aim is to strengthen the eastern flank of NATO in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin warning against further aggression and to provide allies with Central and Eastern Europe to fill security guarantees.

The rotating presence of US troops increase their numbers in Europe by about 4.2 thousand. soldiers, which corresponds to the strength of one brigade (c. 1000) with auxiliary troops. The heavy armored brigade to be sent to the rotation stays the countries of Eastern Europe: Polish, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

The Pentagon is also planning to store in our region of heavy equipment – 250 Abrams tanks, armored personnel carriers and Bradley Paladin howitzers. They have to be ready for the needs of ad hoc actions of NATO troops.