At the Madrid summit, NATO declared Russia the biggest threat to the peace and security of member states, following Moscow's unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
The Alliance unanimously decided to increase the number of NATO troops in Eastern Europe and to increase the number of high-level forces from the current 40,000 to 300,000 as part of the largest review of the alliance's defense since the war. of Cold.
It is officially learned that the Albanian Armed Forces will send for the first time a military mission to Bulgaria, where there will be a total of 1650 troops. In this country, as it appears from the map published by NATO, there will be only local, American and Albanian troops.
NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu posted a graphic post on her Twitter account stating that in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO has strengthened its defensive presence in the eastern part of the Alliance with more troops, aircraft and ships. luftarake.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also unveiled the 2022 strategic concept document on Wednesday. The NATO chief said that we are experiencing the biggest security crisis since World War II. Currently, the Albanian Armed Forces are engaged in peacekeeping and combat missions in several countries, including Latvia.
Albania is contributing to Latvia with 21 EOD troops as part of the Canadian Advanced Reinforced Presence (eFP) Canadian battalion at the Adazi base in Riga. BW writes that the Ministry of Defense said that they will soon make public details about the new mission of the Armed Forces and the nature of this mission.