NATO’s ability to respond to crises and conflicts will also be enhanced, including the pre-deployment of weapons.
NATO Secretary -General Jens Stoltenberg said the leaders of NATO countries at the summit in Brussels would agree on a decision to increase the number of troops in the eastern part because of the Russian threat. This was reported by European Truth.
“At the summit, we will strengthen our forward defense. We will increase combat groups in the eastern part of the alliance at the brigade level. We will diversify the NATO Response Force and increase the number of rapid readiness force to 300,000,” he said. by Stoltenberg.
According to him, NATO’s ability to respond to crises and conflicts will also increase, including the initial deployment of weapons.
“More defense systems, such as air defense systems, strengthening command and control,” the secretary general said.
He clarified that the expansion at the brigade level is not in all eight countries where there are battle groups, but in only a few.
Recall, the media wrote that at the NATO summit in Madrid, alliance members will decide on a record increase in the contingent in the east since the Cold War and rethink relations with Russia and China.
It was also reported that Poland was in favor of deploying a NATO brigade group in the country.
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