The Canadian Armed Forces will join the U.S., U.K. and Germany to set up a multinational battle group to bulk up the NATO presence in countries near Russia.
"We've gone from assurance and now to deterrence," Sajjan said in an interview with CTV News. "We'll lead, as a part of this, a battle group and other nations will contribute to it. What it shows is the interoperability and the solidarity that NATO brings to a deterrence mission."
Several news reports have identified Latvia as the location for the mission, but Sajjan said it would be up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to announce more details at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland next weekend. Canada's contribution is expected to be between 500 and 1,000 soldiers.
Canada has had troops based in Poland as part of Operation Reassurance since April, 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea, and the navy has conducted operations in the Black Sea. There are 200 Canadian Forces members deployed in Ukraine to help train soldiers there.
"The facts are before us. It's actually Russia that showed signs of aggression when it came to Crimea," Sajjan said. "[We're] doing what NATO was designed to do - making sure we have a strong collective security to be able to work together with our NATO partners, be able to have a responsible deterrence package at the same time as making sure that we as NATO members keep the dialogue open."...
[ctvnews.ca]
30/6/16
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Le Canada va déployer 1000 soldats dans l'est de l'Europe avec l'OTAN ...
ReplyDeleteLe Canada va envoyer un millier de soldats en Lettonie dans le cadre du déploiement par l'Otan de quatre bataillons dans l'est de l'Europe en réponse à l'annexion de la Crimée par la Russie, rapportent ce jeudi les médias canadiens.
Le ministre canadien de la Défense Harjit Sajjan a expliqué dans un communiqué que le Canada, aux côtés des États-Unis, du Royaume-Uni et de l'Allemagne, sera "l'une des quatre nations-cadre" qui vont "renforcer la présence avancée de l'OTAN en Europe de l'Est et en Europe centrale".
"Le Canada mettra sur pied et dirigera un groupement tactique multinational rotationnel", a-t-il indiqué, notant que davantage de détails seront fournis lors du prochain sommet de l'OTAN, à Varsovie, les 8 et 9 juillet.
Selon les médias canadiens, Ottawa a décidé d'envoyer un millier de militaires en Lettonie, sur un total de 4000 soldats de l'Alliance atlantique déployés prochainement dans les pays baltes et en Pologne.....rtbf.be
1/7/16