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Large NATO Exercise to Take Place in Baltics in Fall

24 Sunday Feb 2013

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Baltic region – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the russian Kaliningrad Oblast. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Estonian Public Broadcasting, Feb. 22, 2013

This fall, the Baltic region will host NATO’s biggest collective defense exercise of the last ten years.

The maneuvers, named ‘Steadfast Jazz,’ will take place in Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Estonia will participate with one infantry company as well as staff officers and civilian officials, the Ministry of Defense said in a press release on Thursday… (more)

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Rasmussen Urges Russia to Be Open With NATO About Baltic Drills

04 Monday Feb 2013

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A map of the Baltic region, showing the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Bryan Bradley, Bloomberg, Feb. 1, 2013

Russia should share more information with NATO about military exercises the country conducts in the Baltic region, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.

“We don’t have detailed information about upcoming Russian military exercises,” Rasmussen told reporters today in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, when asked about the West 2013 exercise that Russia and Belarus plan in September. “It’s of utmost importance to demonstrate openness and full transparency when it comes to military exercises.” … (more)

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Estonia backs Georgian integration with EU and NATO

01 Friday Feb 2013

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Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Kyiv Post, Jan. 31, 2013

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has reiterated his country’s support for Georgia’s plans of integration into the European Union and NATO.

“Estonia previously supported and continues to support democratic Georgia and your state’s plans to integrate into the European Union and NATO,” he said at a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Maja Panjikidze in Tallinn on Thursday… (more)

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Latvian Defence Minister: NATO will face new challenges

15 Sunday Jul 2012

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Baltic News Network – July 15, 2012

Latvia Defence Minister Artis Pabriks will partake in the International Global Defence seminar in Rome, Italy on July 16-17. The minister will talk about NATO’s role, when the transition period in Afghanistan concludes.
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Artis Pabriks

Artis Pabriks (Photo credit: Latvian Foreign Ministry)

 

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