‘Sabre-Rattling and Provocation’: This is What NATO Wants From Black Sea Drills
SputnikNews.com
01.02.2017
The Sea Shield 2017 maritime drills by seven NATO countries and Ukraine will start February 1 in the Black Sea. According to military expert Vladimir Kozin, this exercise is expected to send several signals at the same time.
The joint naval drills of the seven North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states with the Ukrainian Naval Forces in the Black Sea will begin on Wednesday, the Romanian Navy said in a statement Tuesday.
According to the statement, the drills will involve over 2,800 personnel from Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, the United States, Canada, Spain and Ukraine.
The Romanian Navy also said that during the drills “standard NATO procedures to battle air, submarine and surface threats will be performed.”
The exercise will also involve 11 Romanian warships and four aircraft as well as six aircraft and five warships from other countries.
In addition, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that defense minister of 28 NATO member countries will meet February 15-16 in Brussels to discuss a package of measures aimed at bolstering military presence in the Black Sea.
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