The first day of the NATO Defence Ministerial has concluded in Brussels with big decisions being made on the new command structure elements.According to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,speaking at a news conference to summarise the meeting:
We took major decisions to modernise the NATO command structure.It is the backbone of our Alliance,and it enables our 29 nations to act as one;it allows us to run our missions and operations,and to train and act in case of a crisis with the right forces in the right place at the right time.
We will establish a new joint force command for the Atlantic,to help protect sea lines of communication between North America and Europe.
We will establish a new support command for logistics,reinforcements and military mobility-improving the movement of troops and equipment is essential to our collective deterrence and defence.
We will also set up a cyber operations centre at our military headquarters in SHAPE to further strengthen our defence.*
There will also be some new land component commands,Mr.Stoltenberg said,but no final decisions on location have been taken.That will be addressed at the July Summit.The US has offered to host the new Atlantic command,and Germany has offered to host the new logistics support and enablement command.*
Reportedly,Germany said it could host the logistics command near Koln or Bonn.*
In response to a reporter's question about Russia beefing up its military posture in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad between Poland and Lithuania,Mr.Stoltenberg noted that:
We have seen that they are investing in their infrastructure;we have seen that they are strengthening their military presence in Kaliningrad;but whether they have now deployed Iskanders (short-range ballistic missiles) is something I will not comment on.That's an intelligence matter and I will not comment on our intelligence on these issues;but I will only call on Russia to be transparent.
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