These important decisions were taken in Warsaw. NATO Summit at a glance – BBC

GAIN flank EASTERN NATO

The Alliance will deploy four battalions groups fighting counting after about 1000 soldiers in Poland and the Baltic countries. The United States will state framework battalion in Poland, Canada – Latvia, Germany – Lithuania and the United Kingdom – in Estonia.

In addition to tysiącosobowego battalion in Poland will command the American armored brigade. According to the initial announcement to Polish, apart from the Americans, the military will send a United Kingdom (about 150 soldiers) and Romania. In Lithuania, where the state framework will be Germany, part of a multinational battalion battle group have come also soldiers from France, Portugal, Norway, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Britain has command a battalion in Estonia, where it will send 500 soldiers. One company to send there also France and Denmark. The Italians also announced sending 150 soldiers on the eastern flank. Involvement also declared Croatia. Poland, which will host the battalion commanded by Americans alone will send troops to Latvia.

EXTENSION OF MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN

NATO decided to extend the mission “Resolute Support” in Afghanistan after 2016 years. Countries and partners of NATO, without the United States, have confirmed their commitment to support the financial strength of the country in height. $ 1 billion per year by 2020. NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2017 will be maintained more or less at the same level as in 2016, which will count about 12 thousand. soldiers. In the autumn NATO members take decisions on accurate numbers. The mission is a niebojowy. Its aim is to support, training and consulting Afghan army.

Cyberspace new realm OPERATING ACTIVITIES

The Alliance recognized that cyberspace is a new sphere of operations, such as airspace, sea and land. This decision also has to mean better protection of communications, missions and operations conducted by NATO, which wants to do more exercise in this regard. NATO Allies were also required to strengthen their own cyber defense and information exchange.

INITIAL READY OPERATING SYSTEM DEFENCE ballistic

announced initial operational readiness of the defense system of ballistic missile Aegis Ashore. This means that the US warships stationed in Spain, radar installations in Turkey and interceptors in Romania are now able to work together under the command and control of NATO. In practice, this is the official takeover by NATO from the US control component of the missile defense system, located in Romania, where he installed a battery of missiles the SM-3. Another base of the missiles produced in Poland, Redzikowo.

MORE COMMITMENT TO FIGHT WITH TOR. Islamic state

NATO aircraft provide early warning AWACS reconnaissance and combat the so-called coalition. Islamic State. They were flying over international and Turkish airspace, watching the space over Syria and Iraq. NATO wants to start training troops in Iraq. Baghdad has to go the team preparing the mission. They have to continue training Iraqi officers in Jordan. Preparations are underway to support Libya, for example. In the fight against the so-called. Islamic state.

Declaration of the EU-NATO

NATO and the European Union signed a declaration on strengthening cooperation between the two organizations. This is the first such document. Among the common tasks in the first place it is urgent “to strengthen the ability to resist risks hybrid”, for example. Cyber ​​attacks and propaganda. The strength of such risks highlighted above all the conflict in the east of Ukraine and the methods used in this conflict by Russia. According to the joint declaration by NATO and the EU intend to exchange information on threats or incidents of hybrid and develop procedures to coordinate the response to these threats.

The two organizations also plan to expand operational cooperation in the Mediterranean, in order to better respond to the crisis of migration. The Declaration also talks about coordination in the field of cybersecurity, and mission operations, exercises and training, strengthening the defense industries and support the security and stability of the partners of the EU and NATO to the east and south. At the 2017 and 2018 years was announced simultaneously and coordinated exercises, including in the sphere of blended threats. By December this year. developed to be coordination mechanisms to implement goals established in the Joint Declaration of the EU-NATO.

NEW MISSION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN:

The Alliance will launch a new mission in the Mediterranean Sea as the “Sea Guardian.” Its basis will be conducted in the Strait of Gibraltar mission code-named “Active Endeavour”, whose task is to protect civilian ships by the terrorist attacks. The new operation will have a broad scope of action, and the details will be worked out jointly with the EU. It will be a mission against terrorists, but its purpose will also support the EU operation “Sophia” in the Mediterranean, imposed on people smugglers.

SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA AND UKRAINE

NATO expressed support for Georgia’s aspirations to join the North Atlantic Treaty. Ministers of NATO member states reaffirmed statements regarding prospects for Georgia’s membership in NATO, made at the summit in Bucharest in 2008. And later. Alliance confirmed its support for Ukraine, “the sovereignty and territorial integrity” and for the reform program. It condemned the “deliberate destabilization of the situation in the east of Ukraine by Russia.”

The next NATO summit in 2017. In the new headquarters in Brussels.