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Ministry of Defence Republic of Latvia February 5, 2010 Latvia Will Continue Its Participation in NATO Response Force Today, Latvian Minister of Defence Imants Liegis informed participants at the meeting of the NATO defence ministers organised in Istanbul about Latvia’s commitment to provide 390 Latvian National Armed Forces (NAF) soldiers for the coming years to the NATO Response Force (NRF). Minister Liegis addressed the participants of the meeting, emphasising: “I am pleased for the opportunity to give our commitment and readiness to respond along with the Allied forces to any security risks the Alliance would meet.” Minister Liegis stated that Latvia will also continue its obligations in the future and will continue international security enforcement activities in the operation in Afghanistan. The decision on the readiness of the soldiers for the participation in the next NRF planning cycle is based on calculations of the available funding for the next years, as well as the ability of the NAF to prepare and train soldiers for participation in NRF duties. Three NAF soldiers are currently on NRF duty. The NATO defence ministers also discussed the situation in Kosovo and Afghanistan during the meeting, as well as Alliance budget planning and the priorities of infrastructure development. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
