Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Potential Russian aggression: US military unit heads to E. Europe for training

The United States will deploy about 3,000 soldiers to Eastern Europe starting next week for training exercises with forces from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to reassure its European allies that are concerned about potential Russian aggression, the Pentagon said Monday.

Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters that about 750 US military tanks, helicopters and other military vehicles and equipment arrived in Latvia on Monday, adding that the military equipment was part of a regular armored brigade combat team set.

Warren said the upcoming deployment of the unit from the Georgia-based 3rd Infantry Division would replace the leaving US Army-Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment to continue land forces training mission with its allies within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The US Defense Department has earlier announced plans to trim down its permanent basing in Europe.

Meanwhile, the US military is stepping up short-term deployments across Europe for training purposes.

Warren said the rotation was aimed at demonstrating commitment to NATO allies due to Russia's aggression in Ukrainian crisis.

   Source:Xinhua
  globaltimes.cn
10/3/15
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  1. Lavrov: la Russie réagira au renforcement de l'Otan près de ses frontières...

    Moscou promet une "réponse adéquate" à l'intensification des activités de l'Alliance atlantique à proximité de ses frontières occidentales.

    Le renforcement de la présence de l'Otan près des frontières russes entrave le rétablissement de la confiance dans l'espace euroatlantique, a déclaré mardi le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères Sergueï Lavrov.

    "Nous avons réaffirmé notre position selon laquelle le renforcement de la présence militaire près de notre frontière ne contribuait pas à rétablir la confiance dans l'espace euroatlantique", a indiqué le chef de la diplomatie russe lors d'une conférence de presse conjointe avec son homologue espagnol José Manuel Garcia-Margallo.

    "Nous sommes contraints d'y réagir de manière adéquate, mais nous restons persuadés que ces problèmes doivent être réglés par le biais d'un dialogue basé sur le respect réciproque", a poursuivi M.Lavrov..................http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20150310/1015096392.html#ixzz3TyrsDbKQ
    10/3/15

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