(NEWPORT, Wales) — Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to dispatch several thousand troops in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region comes under attack.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the new unit would send a clear message to potential aggressors.
“Should you even think of attacking one ally, you will be facing the whole alliance,” he declared as a two-day NATO summit in southern Wales drew to a close.
The agreement on the rapid response force is the cornerstone of discussions at the summit on how to combat Russia’s provocations in …read more
Source: Time
