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EUobserver: Thousands of NATO soldiers go to Baltic states, Romania

Published Oct. 27, 2016 at 7:37 pm

A soldier of the NATO Response Force (NRF) attends a massive amphibious landing of NATO troops off the coast of Ustka, northern Poland, during NATO military sea exercises BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) on June 17, 2015 in the Baltic Sea.

Photo by AFP

Most NATO allies have committed troops to a Russia-deterrent force in the Baltic region. Six of them have also pledged troops to a similar force in Romania.

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg announced the decisions after a NATO defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels on October 26.