NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the meeting with the Foreign Minister of Portugal Rui Machete 27 April in Lisbon told about the decision to increase military forces of the Alliance "the result of new security risks". The Alliance will increase the number of response forces from 13 thousand to 30 thousand people.
"NATO is adapting to new risks to security, more than doubles the number of response forces, quoted Stoltenberg official website of the Alliance. - NATO creates an auxiliary five-thousandth force increased readiness Spearhead Force in Europe".
One of the reasons for concern, according to the head of the organization, is considered the activation of extremists in the middle East and North Africa. He stressed that NATO, together with its allies will continue to work in close cooperation on this issue. One such "right allies," NATO Secretary General called Portugal, thanking Rui Machete for providing the Lisbon aircraft for aerial police Alliance.
Earlier it became known that Kiev and NATO signed another cooperation agreement. "The agreement expands the regulatory framework of practical cooperation with the Alliance, in particular for the implementation of the newly established trust Fund of NATO to support Ukraine in physical rehabilitation (prosthetics) military and reform of logistics systems and standardization of the armed forces of Ukraine. Also, thanks to the agreement will be a simplified procedure for setting and implementing the latest joint plans," says tells the news on the website of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine. According to the statement, this document extends the capabilities of Ukraine to participate in profitable multinational projects Alliance for logistic support of troops, and on research, production, purchasing, upgrading, storing, and disposing of things for military purposes.
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