Category: NATOSource

Russia, EU to establish defense and security coordination group – General Staff

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia and the European Union are set to establish a joint defense and security working group, the chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said on Friday. "We held a detailed, frank dialogue, and shared opinions on European security and outlined the steps to be taken, including the establishment […]

Russia irate over Lukashenko’s ‘Moscow thugs’ comments

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  [Belarus] President Alexander Lukashenko‘s remarks suggesting Russia could have been behind an attack on its own embassy in Minsk are "obscene", Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. A day after Russia strongly condemned the attack, Lukashenko retaliated by saying that "thugs and scoundrels" from Moscow may be to blame. "I […]

Gates clarifies July deadline and Petraeus discloses data

By Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times

From Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times: [U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert] Gates took the opportunity to repeat assurances that President Obama’s deadline to begin withdrawing troops was flexible.

Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans

By Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times

From Adam Ellick and Sangar Rahimi, the New York Times:  Airstrikes by  by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts

U.S. Air Force assumes command of NATO Baltic air policing mission

By defpro.com

From defpro.com:  The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, assumed command of the NATO Baltic air policing mission Sept. 1 from the Polish air force at Lithuania Air Force Air Base. For the next four months, the squadron, comprising approximately 125 people, is responsible for ensuring the air sovereignty of […]

Lavrov declares Afghan drug trade most important question in NATO-Russian relations

By Sergey Lavrov,  Russian Foreign Ministry

From Sergey Lavrov,  Russian Foreign Ministry:  We expect greater intelligibility from our partners in NATO. The dual existence of the alliance – between the past and the future – has become protracted too long.

NATO selects new Assistant Secretary-General for Defense Investments

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  NATO has appointed Patrick Auroy to one of the six assistant secretary-general posts in the alliance headquarters, where he will be responsible for defense investments, Laurent Teisseire, spokesman for the French Ministry of Defense, said on Sept. 2.

German general takes command of NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo

By DPA

From DPA: German General Erhard Buehler on Wednesday took command over KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in the former Serbian province of Kosovo, replacing a fellow German, General Markus Bentler.

West gives Serbia tough message on Kosovo

By Adam Tanner and Ivana Sekularac, Reuters

What is delaying the OSCE police mission to Kyrgyzstan?

By RIA Novosti