France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Britain agreed to take the lead in forming the spearhead force, which would be available to deploy within a week in a crisis, Stoltenberg told a press conference after talks in Brussels.
"We have decided on the immediate establishment of the first six multinational command and control units in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania," he said.
"If a crisis arises, they will ensure that national and NATO forces from across the alliance are able to act as one from the start," the NATO chief said.
Not only will they make rapid deployment easier, they will support planning for collective defense and help coordinate war games.
The string of bases will effectively coordinate the deployment of the spearhead force to the region in the event of a crisis.
Stoltenberg made clear throughout the day that the collective defense posture was in response to what he called Russian military aggression in Ukraine, which has unnerved NATO's eastern members.
It is also designed to counter any eventual threat from extremist militants in Iraq and Syria as well as North Africa.
"We decided that this very high readiness force will consist of a land brigade of around 5,000 troops," he said, adding they will be supported by air, sea and special forces.
The lead elements of the force "will be ready to move within as little as 48 hours, with the rest moving within a week," he added.
The spearhead force will be backed up by two more brigades in order to keep reinforcements coming in a crisis.
All told, the NATO response force will be increased to 30,000 troops from the current number of 13,000.
AFP
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5/2/15
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Otan: les mesures prises ne sont que défensives...
ReplyDeleteLes récentes mesures visant à augmenter les effectifs de l'Otan près des frontières russes ne sont que défensives, selon Stoltenberg
Lors de son entretien avec le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères Sergueï Lavrov, le secrétaire général de l'Otan Jens Stoltenberg a expliqué que toutes les mesures prises récemment par l'Alliance portaient un caractère défensif, a annoncé samedi la porte-parole Oana Lungescu.
"Stoltenberg à l'issue des négociations avec le chef de la diplomatie russe Lavrov: J'ai expliqué que toutes nos mesures sont défensives. Nous gardons ouverts les canaux de dialogue", a écrit la porte-parole sur son compte Twitter........Lire la suite: http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20150207/1014459658.html#ixzz3R4fwKNmY
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