{"id":487020,"date":"2022-02-11T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=487020"},"modified":"2022-02-10T21:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:59:53","slug":"nato-considering-deployment-battlegroups-in-the-black-sea-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/nato-considering-deployment-battlegroups-in-the-black-sea-region\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO considering deployment combat groups in the Black Sea region, – Stoltenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NATO is considering the long-term deployment of battlegroups, such as those already in place in the Baltic States and Poland, in the Black Sea region, including Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made this statement at a press conference with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, \u00a0Reuters\u00a0<\/a>streamed the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out PM Johnson’s key messages from the briefing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He emphasized that NATO was a defensive alliance and that its goal was to preserve peace and prevent conflict, and that the Allies were working together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Secretary-General, the Alliance is now doing many things at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“First of all, we have an increased presence in the eastern part of the Alliance: with more military, combat groups, planes, ships,”<\/em> Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Second, we have increased the readiness of our forces, which we can strengthen if necessary,”<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And thirdly, we are considering where we need a longer-term deployment in the eastern part of the Alliance. Today we have combat teams in the Baltic States and Poland. But now we are considering the deployment of similar combat teams in the Black Sea region, in Romania,”<\/em> he said. NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Warsaw Summit in 2016, in response to the changing security situation, NATO leaders decided to strengthen NATO’s military presence on the bloc’s eastern borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also:<\/strong> 60% of Europeans believe NATO should come to Ukraine\u2019s defence if Russia invades, \u2013 poll<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATO presence in central and eastern Europe includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n