Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars rink?vi?s said that he expects the NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales decisions on strengthening the monitoring of air and sea space of the Baltic States.
The Minister said that it is important practical issues and the security guarantee against all risks of the XXI century, " including " green people ", including cyber attacks and including information campaigns ". Rinkevich noted that Latvia does not remove from the agenda the question of the establishment of permanent bases NATO continues to work with all the countries of the Commonwealth and supports long-term and effective presence. First, the Latvian government has already announced the need early in NATO's military presence in the Baltic States and the strengthening of Latvia's defence infrastructure. According to the results of negotiations with the head of the Latvian government Laimdota Straujuma German Chancellor Angela Merkel supported the idea of strengthening the defence infrastructure in the Baltic region. The Minister of national defense of Poland Tomasz Samonac confirmed that, most likely at the September summit will be accepted conclusion about the beginning of the cycle exercises with the participation of troops of the countries members of the Commonwealth on the area of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as the conclusion of development in these countries of NATO infrastructure. It was clearly determined that the subject military assistance to Ukraine the participants of the summit to affect not going." Ukraine is one of 40 NATO partners, and not one of the 28 members of the Commonwealth, therefore, in her relationship with NATO has no direct obligations in the area of security, " explained not calling herself a diplomat is one of the leading NATO member States.

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