BRUSSELS—NATO expects to have an interim rapid-reaction force in place by next year to deal with new security challenges in Europe and elsewhere, the alliance’s secretary-general said Monday.
Jens Stoltenberg said the force would be a provisional step until a full-scale unit can be organized in 2016.
Stoltenberg said Germany, Norway and the Netherlands have agreed to contribute troops to the initial force. The bigger rapid-reaction force was agreed to at a NATO summit in September as a response to Russian actions in Ukraine.
The NATO chief met with reporters to preview the agenda of Tuesday’s meeting of alliance foreign ministers in Brussels. …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
