The Alliance plans to double the size of the Force response with 13 thousand to 30 thousand people due to the new security challenges of the unit, informs, referring to the NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
"We see a radically altered the situation in the security sphere in the European Union ", - said the NATO Secretary General in a conversation with the foreign Minister of Portugal Rui Machete, accusing the Russian Federation in that it violated international standards for its " aggressive actions against Ukraine."
Also Jens Stoltenberg said about creation in the EU additional groups rapid reaction Force of five thousand soldiers.
Member countries of the NATO Wales summit in September 2014 has approved an action Plan for maintaining readiness, the need for which in the Alliance attributed to explain Russia's actions in Ukraine. Under this plan it Was decided, for example, to make the inside of the NATO response Force group increased combat readiness, which would be able to send into the territory in the fall for several days.
at the beginning of winter, the blessed Alliance development transition team of high alert, with the participation of the armed forces of Germany, the Netherlands and Norway, and in February, NATO has defined its characteristics. It was agreed that this group would consist of land of a population of five thousand people, with the assistance of air, naval and special forces. The main contingent for the group of countries-members of NATO will provide, on a rotating basis, in 2016 "framework government" will be Spain, followed by France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom.
The U.S. and the European Union has repeatedly accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Russia rejects calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis in a peaceful way.
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