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#39;NATO expansion to Georgia was a real mistake #39; - ex German Amb to NATO
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NATO determined to make ties with Ukraine even stronger
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The so-called 'command and control' centers will be launched in 'four or five countries, namely Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Romania'

VILNIUS, Lithuania NATO will set up regional centers in a handful of Eastern European countries, Lithuania said on Friday, September 19, as top military commanders met in the Baltic state's capital.

Defense chiefs from the alliance's 28 nations are taking part in a three-day meeting in Vilnius along with NATO top commander General Philip Breedlove amid anxiety in the region over Russia's actions in Ukraine.

The so-called "command and control" centers will be launched in "four or five countries, namely Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Romania," Lithuania's chief of defense Jonas Vytautas Zukas told reporters in Vilnius.

A meeting during the NATO 2014 summit at the Celtic Manor Hotel in Newport, South Wales, on September 4, 2014. In the photo is UK Prime Minister David Cameron (R). Saul Loeb/AFP

They will each employ up to 120 military personnel and will be responsible for a "multinational battalion" once other allies join the US troops already deployed in Eastern Europe, he said.

Troop contributions from NATO allies could be announced over the weekend, Zukas' spokesman told Agence France-Presse.

"This increases our security," Zukas said, adding that the Lithuanian center would be set up by the end of the year.

Poland and the Baltics have been rattled by Russia's actions in Ukraine, including its March annexation of the Crimean peninsula and suspected backing of rebels in the east.

The four EU and NATO members have repeatedly called for boots on the ground to ward off any potential threat from their Soviet-era master.

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Saturday, 20 September 2014 15:10

VILNIUS: Nato's top military commanders are meeting in Lithuania on Saturday to discuss relations with Russia as the warring sides in Ukraine agreed to pull back troops under a new peace plan reached overnight in Belarus.

General Knud Bartels, who chairs Nato's Military Committee, said defence chiefs from the 28 nation alliance are set to review "future relationship with Russia and Nato's military posture".

"Central to our discussions will be the development and implementation of the alliance readiness action plan," the Danish general said, referring to the new initiative which includes rotating troops and equipment through facilities in Eastern Europe.

The meeting will also cover Nato's mission in Afghanistan and the situation in the Middle East, including the "pressing threat" from the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, he added.

The military talks in Lithuania's capital Vilnius focused on defending Nato's eastern flank come just two weeks after Nato announced a new rapid reaction force at a key summit in Wales.

Lithuania said the new measures will also include regional "command and control" centres in the Baltic states and Poland.

These countries were formerly behind the Iron Curtain and are concerned about Russia's territorial ambitions in the wake of the Crimea annexation and the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Addressing the generals, including Nato top commander General Philip Breedlove, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybrauskaite on Saturday insisted the alliance needed to present "a clear deterrence" and that time was of the essence.

"We understand that unpreparedness cannot be our strategic weakness.... Security environment has essentially changed already half a year ago," she said.

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