NATO to create new HQs in Hungary & Slovakia, boost response forces – Stoltenberg
RT.com
8 Oct, 2015
NATO plans to boost its Response Force, the alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said, adding that two more headquarters are to be created in Eastern Europe, in Hungary and Slovakia.
Calling the current reinforcement biggest “since the end of the Cold War,” Stoltenberg said the alliance has stepped up exercises and already set up six small headquarters in Eastern Europe.
“Today I expect us to approve the establishment of two more such headquarters, in Hungary and Slovakia. They will ensure that our forces can move quickly and effectively if they need to deploy,” NATO’s Secretary-General told journalists in a press briefing Thursday.
The alliance will also “give final approval to the military concept” for the NATO Response Force to make it “bigger, faster and more capable”, Stoltenberg said after the defense ministers’ meeting.
Stoltenberg also welcomed Germany announcement “to lead the alliance’s very high readiness Spearhead Force in 2019,” and the UK’s plans “to rotate more troops into the Baltics and Poland for training and exercises,” NATO said on its website.
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