In the fight against illegal migration, Bulgaria wants to tighten up security at the border with Turkey. The border is divided into five zones, each zone is guarded by armed troops, the Bulgarian Defense Minister said. Six hundred soldiers are deployed.
In the case of a North Korean attack on the American island of Guam in the Pacific, NATO countries are not required to provide military assistance to the Americans. According to a NATO spokesman, Guam does not form part of the area for which the duty of assistance in the North Atlantic Treaty applies.
The rising tensions between the United States and North Korea are raised during a visit by Minister Jeanine Hennis of Defense to her American colleague James Mattis. The two officials also speak in Washington on Tuesday the military missions to which both countries participate, such as Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.
An unarmed Russian military device was flown over some vital places in the United States on Wednesday. This was done in the context of an agreement between NATO and countries of the former Warsaw Pact, which was a longstanding, CNN news channel reported Thursday.
A Georgian soldier and two Afghan civilians have been killed Thursday night by a suicide attack on a convoy of the coalition forces in Kabul, reported the NATO coalition Friday. Wednesday were already two American NATO troops in Kandahar killed by a suicide bomber targeted the Taliban.
The comments by Mike Pence in Montenegro about Russian interference in the Balkans have fallen badly in the Kremlin. The US vice president accused the Russians of driving a wedge between the West and the Balkans. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday in a reply that Pence threatens stability in southern Europe and shows a Cold War mentality.
In a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, victims have fallen. That reported NATO mission Resolute Support Wednesday in a Twitter message. The brief statement did not tell if there were killed or injured soldiers, how many victims there are or from which country they are coming.
The defensive wall that the European Union tries to throw up against all kinds of destabilizing threats is beginning to get shape. The previous year's plan of 22 actions against so-called hybrid threats has made significant progress, but there is still a lot to do, the European Commission is setting out in a report on Wednesday.
Turkey has forbidden German parliamentarians on Friday to visit NATO's military base in Turkish Konya. There are German soldiers. The appointment of next Monday has been on the agenda for some time, which Turkey had rightly given to all expectations.
Russia and NATO again sat on the table on Thursday, including recent incidents. 'An open and useful discussion,' NATO summit Jens Stoltenberg summoned the consultation at the Brussels headquarters.
Germany has begun to withdraw its troops from the Turkish air force base Incirlik on Sunday. From that base, the Germans supported international operations against Islamic state in Syria and Iraq.
The consultation Saturday between Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the military conflict in Ukraine did not break through at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Former US NATO ambassador Kurt Volker must play a leading role in ending the conflict in Ukraine. Minister Rex Tillerson (Foreign Affairs) nominates him as a special representative in the Eastern European country, said a senior adviser to the governor on Friday.
US President Donald Trump repeated Thursday that the United States is willing to defend their NATO allies. 'The US has not only demonstrated in words but also in actions that we are in favor of Article 5,' he said during a speech in Warsaw.
On his second foreign trip, US President Trump started talks with European leaders in Warsaw on Thursday. He was received by Polish President Andrzej Duda prior to a summit with twelve Central and Eastern European leaders.
The US government has agreed to sell patriot air missiles to Poland. According to the Polish Minister of Defense Antoni Macierewicz, a principle agreement was signed in Washington on Wednesday night, on the eve of the visit by President Donald Trump to NATO ally.
NATO goes sixteen years after the Americans invade the country to send additional troops to Afghanistan. Fifteen countries have decided to step up their efforts after a Washington request. But the Netherlands is not there yet (yet).
The Netherlands expects this year 1.17 percent of gross domestic product (more than 8.68 billion euros) in defense. Last year it was 1.15 percent, or 8.23 billion. This is evidenced by figures released by NATO on Thursday over the 28 Member States. In order to reach the 2 per cent where the military allies strive in 2024 is a long way to go.
It is easier to transport military equipment and personnel through Europe. A proposal for a 'military Schengen area' by Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis has been welcomed by countries such as Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the US, told the governor Thursday after consultation with her NATO colleagues in Brussels.
NATO's military training mission in Afghanistan is being expanded. Fifteen countries have committed to deliver additional troops to the Resolute Support operation, which helps the Afghan army in the fight against Islamic extremism.
NATO spokesman Jens Stoltenberg expects an increase in defense spending of European allies and Canada of 4.3 percent in 2017. That said the Secretary-General Wednesday, meeting a day for the Ministers of Defense in Brussels.
The US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis allows the United States to continue to provide the United States with the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria after the collapse of IS Raqqa, a robbery of weapons and equipment. According to NATO ally Turkey, who regards the YPG as a danger, Mattis has written in writing that the Americans retrieve the weapons when Islamic State is defeated.
The German parliament approved Wednesday's transfer of German soldiers who are still living in Turkey. The approximately 260 men and several aircraft are moving because of a diplomatic conflict of the Turkish air force base Incirlik to Jordan.
A Russian fighter plane hunted a fighter jet from NATO that came close to a device containing the Russian Defense Minister Sergej Sjoigoe. The incident occurred according to Tass press office over Baltic Baltic waters.
Italy is indispensable for 'stability, strength and resilience of Europe.' That was what King Willem-Alexander said on Tuesday during his first day his state visit to Italy.
Premier Mark Rutte introduced Friday's new president Emmanuel Macron. Macron received Rutte in Paris at the Élysée Palace, where the French head of state resides.
The German army will remain in Afghanistan for at least five years, probably even longer. 'In Kosovo we have been stationed for twenty years, in Afghanistan it is likely that an even longer effort will be needed to get a stable situation,' said Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
Donald Trump announced for the first time openly that the United States is obliged to help their allies in NATO if they are attacked. The US president did this Friday during a press conference with visiting Romanian President Klaus Johannis in Washington.
While US President Trump removes the Paris environmental agreement on Thursday afternoon, China and the EU will conclude a pact to limit global warming.
Germany, together with, among others, has planned a plan to hold a NATO Summit in Istanbul. This reported the newspaper Die Welt Wednesday. Turkish President Erdogan invited the Western Alliance to the summit in Warsaw last year to come to Turkey.
