Reuters: NATO arguing about who will pay for the strengthening of the Eastern borders

Implementation achieved in September at the NATO conference in Wales arrangements created rapid reaction Forces in response to Russia's policy toward Ukraine has faced a number of challenges, informs.

at the meeting in Wales, the NATO leaders agreed on new, highly mobile forces of up to 5 thousand soldiers of the army, air force, Navy and special forces, able to respond quickly to danger emanating from the Eastern borders of the Commonwealth. The goal is rapid strengthening of the security of Eastern Europe, including countries of the former socialist bloc, now incorporated into NATO. However, there were problems.

" We found that the performance of our designs create obstacles serious difficulties, which We did not suspect anything when he took the decision in Wales ", - quotes Agency's permanent envoy to the UK in NATO Adam Thomson.

One of the issues - the actual reduction in the number of NATO military strength, which does not allow at the scheduled time to collect the required number of combat vehicles from all over Europe.

The second problem is arisen discussion on the topic " Who will pay and Who will provide troops and equipment?". A significant difference in the capabilities of different countries is exacerbated by the reduction in defence spending in recent years, and European partners once again have to rely on the United States is the dominant military force in NATO.
countries-NATO members are required to maintain a presence on the Eastern borders of the Commonwealth on a rotational basis.

Reuters suggests that, once again, the rotation Forces of operative reaction will occur between the UK, France and Germany, which are clearly dissatisfied with this and believe that the rest of their allies are also required to participate in the implementation of the General arrangements to protect an excessive burden, which falls only a few countries.


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