Saturday, June 27, 2015

Sweden to Increase Mil. Exercises with NATO; Sees Russian Activity as Prelude to Aggression

Sweden will boost military exercises with NATO amid concerns of Russia's increasingly  defiant posture, according to Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist, the Yahoo News website reports today (June 27, 2015).

Sweden -- which is not part of NATO and has a tradition of not joining military alliances -- will take part in military exercises in Spain in September.

Hultqvist told a Swedish newspaper that the decision was a result of Russian military movements.

"It is a general fact that Russia is carrying out bigger, more complex, and in some cases more provocative and defiant, exercises," Hultqvist said. "We are following that development and are now strengthening our military capability and our international cooperation."

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