NATO leaders agree to deploy four battalions in Baltic states, Poland

NATO leaders on Friday agreed to deploy four multinational battalions to the Baltic states and Poland at Warsaw Summit, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced at a press conference.

The battalions will under NATO command and be deployed on a rotational basis, which will be in place starting next year.

"Canada will lead the battalion for Latvia, Germany will lead in Lithuania, the United Kingdom will lead in Estonia, and the United States will lead in Poland," Stoltenberg said.

He added that Allies further agreed to develop a tailored forward presence in the south-eastern part of the Alliance, based on a multinational brigade in Romania.

Increasing military presence on its eastern flank is one element of a more comprehensive adaptation of NATO deterrence and defense in light of the Ukraine crisis, Stoltenberg said.
Source:XINHUA