Jens Stoltenberg said that the military 'reset' aims to defend against an invasion by Russia.
Business Insider USNATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference to present the next North Atlantic Council Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 5, 2022.NATO will deploy a large military force on its border with Russia, the alliance's chief toldThe alliance currently has a small"tripwire" presence along the border with Russia.
"What we see now is a new reality, a new normal for European security," Stoltenberg said, per The Telegraph."Therefore, we have now asked our military commanders to provide options for what we call a reset, a longer-term adaptation of NATO." The alliance currently has a small"tripwire" presence to the west of Russia. NATO troop numbers have increased tenfold to 40,000 since the invasion of Ukraine,
The"reset" will involve deploying sufficient forces to repel any offensive on NATO nations by Russian troops, per The Telegraph. NATO members bordering Russia include Estonia and Latvia.Stoltenberg will raise the issue of a bolstered military presence at a NATO summit in Madrid in June, according to NATO has had to tread carefully during the war in Ukraine, working out how best to support the war-torn nation while avoiding an escalation and getting drawn into the conflict.
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