BRUSSELS: NATO will deploy four international battalions to Poland and the three Baltic states as part of the wider pushback against Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.
“We will agree to deploy by rotation four robust multi-national battalions in the Baltic states and Poland,” Stoltenberg told a news conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Tuesday.
“This will send a clear signal that NATO stands ready to defend any ally,” he said, referring to a whole series of measures the US-led alliance has taken since the Ukraine crisis to counter a more assertive …read more
Source: The Manila Times
