Contents tagged with NATO
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Budapest: Hungary will not support Ukraine’s course to NATO and the EU
Budapest cannot support Kyiv’s Euro-Atlantic efforts until they abolish the "discriminatory" Ukrainian law "On Education," as stated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó, at the Eastern Partnership summit on the 24th of November in Brussels, Radio Liberty reports.
"We cannot do this and support Euro-Atlantic efforts (of Ukraine), because Kyiv has neglected the rights of ethnic minorities and has flagrantly violated the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, which came …
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Estonia calls on NATO to strengthen its presence in Baltics
The President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid stated that the upcoming NATO summit should address the issue of strengthening the presence of the Alliance troops in the Baltic region, the President’s press service reports.
At a meeting with the ambassadors of Great Britain, France and Denmark to NATO, who arrived in Estonia, the President stated that at the Alliance summit in 2018 "we must find a solution of how, should the need arise, to organize deployment of additional forces in the Baltic Sea …
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NATO Secretary General: We are ready to respond to blow from the East
RIA Novosti reports that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has commented on media reports expressing doubts about the Alliance's readiness to respond to a strike from the East.
"[The] NATO [Alliance] is ready to defend and protect all allies against any threat; but since the fact [is] that the security environment is changing, NATO is changing…so we are stepping up; we are…increasing the combat readiness of our forces, we are deploying, for the first time in our history, forces in the …
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Stoltenberg: NATO doors are open to Ukraine
NATO’s doors are open to Ukraine, but the decision to allow Ukraine to join will be made by all 29 members of the alliance, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said during the Halifax International Security Forum, Interfax Ukraine reports.
“The doors of NATO are open, and the best evidence of this is the fact that the number of NATO members has nearly doubled since the end of the Cold War. Secondly, we also gained a new member this year. Montenegro joined us in spring, bringing NATO’s …
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Turkey completes the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-air missile systems
Turkey has completed the procedure of purchasing S-400 anti-air missile systems from Russia, Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli announced, as reported by Anadolu.
“The S-400 systems have been purchased. All that’s left to deal with are a few minor details,” the Minister noted.
According to him, Turkey does not intend to stop there, but rather aims to develop its domestic capabilities.
“Anti-air defense systems need to be developed in Turkey itself, by domestic enterprises,” he …
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Prystaiko: Hungary is using NATO against Ukraine
Hungary’s hysteria over Ukraine’s Law on Education requiring providing instruction in the state language in Ukrainian educational system is not subsiding, as stated by the head of Ukraine’s mission to NATO, Vadym Prystaiko, at a meeting with journalists in Brussels, LB.ua reports.
"Hungary continues to make bravura statements while NATO is trying to explain that these are just work processes, nothing is canceled or blocked," he said, referring to Hungary's decision to veto the meeting of the …
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Ukrainian Vice-Prime-Minister: Hungary blocking development of relations between Kyiv and NATO
Budapest is blocking the effective development of Ukraine's relations with the North Atlantic alliance due to their displeasure with the paragraph on language in the Ukrainian law on education.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Ukraine will try to solve this problem with the support of other NATO members, since Budapest "blocks the effective development" of things planned between Ukraine and the Alliance.
"Ukraine is concerned with …
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NATO to change its command structure
Two new NATO operation planning and control centers are to be established in Europe. One of them will be responsible for transferring forces and weaponry on the European continent, and the other for naval operations in the Atlantic Ocean. This was agreed on at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, November 8, by the defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance. In doing so, NATO has responded to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, AFP reports.
It is not yet known where exactly the new centers will …
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Construction of NATO base in Estonia completed
In the Estonian military town of Tapa, the construction of a large defensive complex for the deployment of a NATO battalion group has been completed, Postimees.ee reports.
“The complex [at the NATO military base in Tapa] will be ceremonially opened by Defense Minister Jüri Luik together with representatives of the Estonian Defense Forces and representatives of [our] allies. The complex includes 20 buildings, including three barracks, a cafeteria, training facilities and auxiliary buildings. …
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NATO representative says the NATO-Ukraine commission meeting reportedly vetoed by Hungary was not planned
NATO says they do not have plans to hold a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in December, reports UNIAN, citing a source in the Alliance.
This was reported by an official Alliance representative, commenting on a statement by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó that Budapest opposes the holding of a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in December due to the law “On Education”.
“There is no plan to hold a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in December,” …