Tactical military exercise involving armored vehicles and soldiers from the Baltic States, the USA, great Britain and other NATO countries Saber Strike-2014 on the first day of the week begin on the Latvian ground in Adazi, informs the press service of the Ministry of defence of the Baltic Republic.
Annual international military exercises Saber Strike-2014 will be held in Latvia from 9 to 20 June. Participation in them will take more than 1000 foreign soldiers. Armor for participation in the exercises was delivered from Denmark. Saber Strike 2014 - joint exercises of land and air forces, which involved the division of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, the USA, the UK, Finland and Norway.
As informs the Ministry of defence, the aim of the exercises is to improve the skills of participation in international operations, as well as among them in Afghanistan, cooperation land and air forces and compatibility of military departments of NATO allies. Latvia is a member of NATO since 2004.
first, the U.S. sent in each of the Baltic States and Poland 150 Marines. This was done at the request of the governments of these States in connection with the situation in the South-East of Ukraine. A number of Latvian opposition politicians expressed the view that the presence of foreign troops on the square in Latvia could adversely affect stability in the region.
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