NATO Seeks to Build Up Forces in Black Sea, Acquire Intelligence
SputnikNews.com
10.02.2016
NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged the alliance’s ministers to increase NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe in order to deter aggression.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — NATO continues to increase its presence in the Black Sea region, with the aim of increasing intelligence acquisition, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday.
“We are constantly assessing the developments in the Black Sea, including the implications for NATO…That’s exactly what were are doing when we are increasing our forward presence and also increasing our ability to reinforce and our efforts when it comes to surveillance and intelligence and reconnaissance in that region,” Stoltenberg told reporters when arriving for the alliance’s defense minister meeting in Brussels.
During a pre-ministerial press conference on Tuesday, Stoltenberg urged the alliance’s ministers to increase NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe in order to deter aggression. The ministers were reportedly set to discuss US President Barack Obama’s early February announcement of his decision to quadruple US military spending in Europe to reassure NATO’s European allies, allegedly threatened by Russia.
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