Estonian Defense Ministers, Latvia and Denmark was signed in Brussels an agreement of understanding on the formation of the NATO Headquarters, the North Division, serves as the basis for a new international headquarters, Estonian Ministry of Defense has informed BNS news service.
As we reported previously the headquarters of the Northern Division (Headquarters Multinational Division North) It will become part of the military structure, combining military alliance of the Baltic region with the higher command structures of NATO.
The main objective of the North Division will guide military operations in their area of responsibility. To do this, he will plan and lead the military operations, integrate the activities assigned to NATO units, provide training at headquarters in accordance with national defense plans and NATO plans.
"Creation of the North Division is the new level of the NATO Response Force to counter threats to our region. Deterrence and the ability to protect us significantly strengthen the beginning of the North Division of activity ", - said Yu.Luyk.
Framework states are Estonia Northern Division, Latvia and Denmark. Division headquarters in time of peace will often be based in Adazi (Adazi) Latvia and Karup (Karupi) in Denmark. Estonia will send to the headquarters of at least 15 military. The first commander of the North Division will be Major-General Danish Armed Forces.
At the signing ceremony, the Minister of Defense said Luik quick and well-coordinated cooperation between the defense agencies of the three countries on the formation of the Northern Division.
"With the formation of the Northern Division, we will reach a new level in building the capacity of the NATO Response, counter the threat, faced by our region. Deterrent alliance, as well as its ability to protect us significantly strengthened with the creation of the North Division ", - Defense Minister said Luik.
The headquarters of the North Division will 8 March Latvia, in Adazi.
Recall, Mikhail Gorbachev NATO members have promised, that they will not move beyond the border of East Germany. AT 1997 It was concluded "Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between Russia and NATO ". Alliance has pledged not to deploy large military forces on the territory of the new Eastern European States.
contrary to the agreements, NATO spread east, closer and closer to the Russian borders, including a former member of the Warsaw Pact and eventually annexing the Baltic states in the 2004 year.
"NATO continues to expand eastward, to the Russian border. Earlier, the Americans promised, that will not expand. Despite, that there was no longer need for NATO, he continued to grow. I had to inflate the supposed Russian threat in the best traditions of the Cold War. We have replaced one another enemy, if only this militaristic system continued to function ", - said the former employee of the US Department of State Michael Springman.
In an interview with Democracy Now! American linguist, political publicist, philosopher and theorist Noam Chomsky noted, NATO expanded its borders after the collapse of the USSR in violation of verbal pledges, Data Mikhail Gorbachev.
"He extended the borders under Clinton - first under Bush Sr., and then mainly under Clinton, who approached directly to the Russian border, - and then further under Obama. The US offered to take Ukraine into NATO. And Ukraine - is a central element of Russia's geostrategic concerns. so yes, near the Russian border are now seeing tensions - note, in Russian, instead of at the Mexican ", - said Chomsky.
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