Latvia has made a proposal to transform base in Liepaja in a permanent naval base NATO for operations in the Baltic sea, said local media.
The Alliance plans to increase its presence in the Baltic sea. For example, in the Baltic sea will be more actively work squadron NATO clearance, informs Delfi referring to the program channel LTV " De facto ". However, Latvia is currently lobbying for the implementation of a plan." We are working to transform our base in Liepaja in the list, which will periodically visit the NATO ships. So it is, in principle, was used As a base ships of NATO's operations in the Baltic sea, " said state Secretary of the Ministry of defense Janis was Sarts. According to Latvian media, starting in August, the Russian military ships and submarines, As if it more than 30 times closer to the territorial waters of Latvia." It would be naive to hope that a warship does not collect data. It is possible... When We meet the ship of the country, which is not a member of NATO, We are trying to gather As much information. It is Clear to any military vessel. And among them due to photographic and other means, " explained the capital of the Navy Juris rose. Remember, in connection with the situation around Ukraine, NATO has adopted a number of measures that the Alliance explains the need to provide security of the participating countries. Were strengthened mission air patrol Baltic countries (in Alliance with 2004), the aircraft with radar equipment make regular flights over Poland (joined in 1999) and Romania (joined in 2004)introduced additional NATO ships in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas. At the conference of the Commonwealth in the early autumn NATO leaders agreed on the creation of rapid reaction forces to counter the " Russian threat ".

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