BYDGOSZCZ, Poland (AP) — The upcoming NATO summit should send a message to member states that they have the responsibility to provide the first line of defense of their own countries, the alliance’s top military officer said Thursday.
Gen. Petr Pavel, chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, said the 28-member alliance has the “strength and the determination to cope with the challenges presented by Russia,” but the first forces to respond to a crisis will always be those of the affected nation.
Members at the NATO summit July 8-9 in Warsaw will hammer out the details of the deployment of some 4,000 multinational …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
