On Wednesday, leaders and representatives of nine Eastern European NATO member nations meeting in the Romanian capital of Bucharest called for an increased alliance presence in Europe in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, and threats from the Islamic State group.
[…] NATO has been cool to such requests, citing an agreement it concluded with Russian in 1997, when relations with Moscow were friendlier.
The war games, code-named Trident Juncture, are being held to hone NATO’s ability to respond to a range of new security threats, including a more assertive Russia and Muslim terrorist groups active in the Middle East …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
