Latvia denies accommodate the largest NATO military bases on their own terrain. But the foreign Ministry stressed the intention to strengthen their own security with the help of the Alliance.

The Latvian foreign Ministry refutes the potential presence of NATO military bases on their own land. The foreign Ministry of the Baltic powers, however, clarified that we are talking about "huge databases". The country in cooperation with the Union will strengthen the security of the water and the air space with the help of the Alliance. "We are not talking about creating a huge military bases with missile launchers and nuclear bomb shelters. What we will do joint military exercises in the Baltic and Black seas, collaboration in the field of cyber security, ensuring the safety of the airspace," said the state Secretary of the foreign Ministry of Latvia Andrejs Pildegovics.

The Secretary added that Latvia pursues peaceful purposes. "We in no way wish to return to the recurrence of the "cold war," he said, Pildegovics "Interfax". But the actions of the Baltic States sometimes correlate with the action. Earlier, NATO has strengthened the mission of air defense of the Baltic States and sent auxiliary ships in the Baltic sea. On the location of military units of the United States on a permanent speech yet.

At the ongoing summit of NATO in Wales a question about the accommodation of the newest databases Alliance in Eastern Europe is on the agenda. Before the two-day meeting, the President of the United States Barack Obama and the Prime Minister of England David Cameron said that NATO should provide multiple military presence in Eastern Europe. After the first day of the NATO summit, it became known that the Baltic States, as well as England, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands are going to create a rapid response troops numbering about 10 thousand people in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
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