[Disarmo] Polonia e Baltici preparano guerra - [b-antinato] Digest Number 6614

[Jure Ellero LT <glry at ngi.it>]

Oggetto: [b-antinato] Digest Number 6614
Data: 25 Aug 2014 08:57:07 -0000
Mittente: b-antinato at yahoogroups.com


 Baltics, Poland Build Bases To Host NATO Troops For War

http://en.apa.az/xeber_baltics_and_poland_need_more_military_in_215439.html


Azeri Press Agency
August 22, 2014

Baltics and Poland need more military infrastructure: Latvia



Baku: The Baltic states and Poland must invest in military 
infrastructure so they can host troops from other NATO nations for 
training or in case of crisis, Latvia’s defense minister said on Friday, 
APA reports quoting Reuters.

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine have 
alarmed Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania – like Ukraine, former Soviet 
republics with Russian-speaking minorities.

NATO's 28 leaders are expected to discuss plans to reassure Poland and 
the Baltics at a summit in Wales on Sept. 4-5.

Germany’s Angela Merkel, during a short visit to Latvia on Monday, 
pledged NATO would defend the Baltic states, although it would not send 
permanent combat troops.

"Any country, including the Baltic states, also Poland, have to 
strengthen their infrastructure ... so they can host additional troops 
for training and crisis situations,” Latvia’s Defense Minister Raimonds 
Vejonis told Reuters.
In Latvia’s case that would mean investments in Adazi base for ground 
troops, Lielvarde air base and Liepaja naval base, he said, adding he 
hoped NATO would contribute to the spending.

Latvia and Lithuania spend respectively just 0.9 and 0.8 percent of GDP 
on defense but have pledged to meet the alliance's target of 2.0 percent 
by 2020.

 "There is no direct military threat at the moment, but we have to 
develop our armed forces, we have to create infrastructure, we have to 
be ready to host representatives of NATO countries if there suddenly is 
a military aggression," the minister said.

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