On 8 July, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in Turkey’s capital Ankara. “Today marks 10 years since the NATO Summit in Warsaw on 8-9 July 2016. During this summit, NATO leaders decided to create enhanced NATO forward presence battle groups in the Baltic countries and Poland. The aim was to strengthen the security of Alliance’s eastern flank and reduce the threats of Russian aggression. Over the course of past decade, under Canadian leadership,…
On 8 July, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in Turkey’s capital Ankara. “Today marks 10 years since the NATO Summit in Warsaw on 8-9 July 2016. During this summit, NATO leaders decided to create enhanced NATO forward presence battle groups in the Baltic countries and Poland. The aim was to strengthen the security of Alliance’s eastern flank and reduce the threats of Russian aggression. Over the course of past decade, under Canadian leadership, since the beginning of this mission, NATO’s presence in Latvia has consistently grown. Latvia now hosts a brigade-size multinational NATO force. Latvia highly appreciates strong military presence of Canadian armed forces in other countries. Several…
