NATO reviews ties with Russia as new truce reached
BY Agencies21 Sep 2014 9:29 PM GMT
Agencies21 Sep 2014 9:29 PM GMT
NATO’s top military commanders are meeting in Lithuania on Saturday to discuss relations with Russia as the warring sides in Ukraine agreed to pull back troops under a new peace plan reached overnight in Belarus.
General Knud Bartels, who chairs NATO’s Military Committee, said defence chiefs from the 28 nation alliance are set to review ‘future relationship with Russia and NATO’s military posture’. ‘Central to our discussions will be the development and implementation of the alliance readiness action plan,’ the Danish general said, referring to the new initiative which includes rotating troops and equipment through facilities in Eastern Europe.
The meeting will also cover NATO’s mission in Afghanistan and the situation in the Middle East, including the ‘pressing threat’ from the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, he added.
General Knud Bartels, who chairs NATO’s Military Committee, said defence chiefs from the 28 nation alliance are set to review ‘future relationship with Russia and NATO’s military posture’. ‘Central to our discussions will be the development and implementation of the alliance readiness action plan,’ the Danish general said, referring to the new initiative which includes rotating troops and equipment through facilities in Eastern Europe.
The meeting will also cover NATO’s mission in Afghanistan and the situation in the Middle East, including the ‘pressing threat’ from the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, he added.
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