Ukraine Crisis - Page 170

On March 04 2014 06:15 Derez wrote:

Rotating members of the security council. Count yourself lucky its not belarus and kazachstan.

Atis Lejins, a member of the Latvian parliament’s foreign-affairs committee, said increasing the number of NATO aircraft patrolling Baltic airspace could be one way to beef up NATO’s presence.

Currently a small, rotating contingent of fighter aircraft from NATO countries operates from a base in Lithuania. Mr. Lejins, a former U.S. Marine, said one example of a heightened presence was the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment (AV Det) program in Poland, which rotates fighter and transport units to bases in Poland.

Critics of an increased NATO presence say that costs to both Latvia and NATO could be a hurdle to expanding air patrols. Increased air patrols would upgrade the NATO presence in all three countries because aircraft cover the airspace of all three Baltic countries.

Mr. Kalnins spoke after a joint meeting of the Saeima’ s Foreign Affairs and European Affairs committees that condemned Russia’s incursion into Crimea and called for European Union and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers to be sent to the Ukraine.

He spoke on Monday at the same time as the Lithuanian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and National Security and Defence Committee passed a resolution condemning Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of the territory of Ukraine. The Lithuanian resolution also called on the North Atlantic Council to temporarily redeploy NATO military forces to its “eastern part, including the Baltic states.”

On March 04 2014 05:57 r.Evo wrote:
US claims that all Russian claims are baseless and illusionary and calls a call of help by Crimea as illegal because only Ukraine itself can call for foreign troops.

US calls solution as immediate pullback of Russian troops and neutral observers. OSCE observers will be deployed tonight. Calls the current government legitimate. Calls the agreement of 21st void (?) because Yanukovych left the country. Basically calls Russia delusional.