Secretary -General of NATO: NATO Fast Counterfeit Force will increase to more than 300,000 people

According to the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), the Associated Press and other media reported on June 27, NATO Secretary -General Stoltenberg announced that NATO is ready to increase the size of its fast -going troops to more than 300,000. Stoltenberg said that this is part of "the largest collective defense and deterrent reform of NATO since the Cold War".

According to reports, when Stoltenberg made the above statement, NATO leaders are preparing to hold a NATO summit in the Spanish capital Madrid to update its "strategic concept" documents. NATO's "Strategic Concept" documents are updated every ten years, collectively evaluating the security challenges facing NATO, and provide guidance for the organization's future political and military development.

Stoltenberg said that after Russia took military operations against Ukraine, NATO intends to determine that Russia is the "most important and direct threat" to NATO security. In the NATO "Strategic Concept" document introduced in 2010, NATO called Russia as a "strategic partner."

Stoltenberg added that NATO will transform its fast -going troops and increase its number to more than 300,000. The Associated Press said that about 40,000 soldiers at NATO Fast Force can be quickly deployed when needed.

According to reports, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania of the Baltic Sea countries believe that Russia needs to undergo fundamental changes in the existing military structure of NATO since Russia has adopted military operations in Ukraine. Stoltenberg said: "NATO will strengthen frontier defense and increase the size of multiple combat groups deployed in the East Wing to the brigade level.

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