The Ministers of Defense of its Member States NATO meet today to discuss the medium and long term strengthening the Eastern European wing of the alliance after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin has put new “questions on the table” about NATO’s current strategy of supporting member states in its so-called eastern wing, US Ambassador to the Organization Julian Smith told reporters. Tuesday.
The development of land, sea and air support to defend these countries “in the long run” remains possible, said for his part the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, during a press conference.
Eastern European member states express concern for their safety Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
The extraordinary meeting of the Defense Ministers of the 30 member states, including the United States, of Lloyd Austin, will focus even on the most immediate measures of the alliance in response to the war, which is in its third week.
NATO has already deployed rapid reaction forces on its eastern flank in response to the Russian invasion and has launched plans to deal with various future scenarios.
The members of the armed forces of the NATO member countries that have been put on “increased vigilance” are now “hundreds of thousands”, according to Mr. Stoltenberg.
The Secretary-General of NATO clarified that there are currently around 100,000 American troops stationed in Europe, 40,000 under NATO command. More air and naval forces have also been deployed.
Today’s meeting of ministers has been attended by their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov, as well as the defense ministers of Sweden, Finland and Georgia – non-NATO countries.
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