Lawmaker Calls For Permanent NATO Naval Unit On Baltic Sea
December 15 2017
An Estonian lawmaker says that the creation of a permanent NATO naval unit for the Baltic Sea is a vital interest for his country, reports the Baltic News Service.
"If we don't have that unit, Russia will cut us off from the rest of the world in the event of a military conflict," Mart Helme, the deputy chairman of the Parliament's National Defense Committee, told Czech Gen. Petr Pavel, the chairman of the NATO Military Committee during a Thursday meeting.
"Russia has deployed...
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