Canada and Latvia have put in place an agreement governing the establishment of a NATO battlegroup in the eastern European country.
This summer Canada will lead a multinational NATO battlegroup in Latvia as part of what the military has called the alliance’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Central and Eastern Europe. A technical arrangement was signed Tuesday by Brigadier-General Bruce Ploughman, Chief of Staff Readiness Canadian Joint Operations Command, and Brigadier-General Ivo Mogilnijs, Chief of Staff of the Joint Headquarters of the Latvian National Armed Forces during a ceremony in Riga, Latvia.
The arrangement between Canada and Latvia outlines the general principles, …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
