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NATO needs greater readiness, more weapons -military alliance chief

15 June 2022 03:35 (UTC +04:00)

NATO must build out "even higher readiness" and strengthen its weapons capabilities along its eastern border, the military alliance's chief said on Tuesday, APA reports citing Reuters.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was speaking after informal talks in the Netherlands with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the leaders of Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Portugal and Belgium ahead of a wider NATO summit in Madrid at the end of the month.

"In Madrid, we will agree a major strengthening of our posture," he said. "Tonight we discussed the need for more robust and combat-ready forward presence and an even higher readiness and more pre-positioned equipment and supplies."

Stoltenberg said NATO will deliver a further strengthening of the alliance when all 30 members meet June 29-30 in the Spanish capital.