NATO to Keep Enhanced Presence in Eastern Europe Through 2022 - Polish President

© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankThe welcoming ceremony for NATO's multinational battalion headed by the USA in Orzysz, Poland.
The welcoming ceremony for NATO's multinational battalion headed by the USA in Orzysz, Poland. - Sputnik International
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Polish President Andrzej Duda said Thursday NATO allies had agreed to keep an enhanced forward presence in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in coming years.

U.S., Estonia's and NATO flags flutter next to the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter in Amari air base, Estonia, April 25, 2017 - Sputnik International
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WARSAW (Sputnik) — At a 2016 summit, NATO partners said they would establish four battalion-sized battlegroups comprised of multinational forces in these four countries starting in early 2016, to counter any aggression.

Asked if this presence would continue into 2018, Duda told reporters after the alliance’s summit in Brussel, "We should be talking about 2022 rather than 2018… No one raised the issue of a pullout."

The meeting also saw 28 allies agree to join the US-led anti-terrorist coalition fighting Islamist militants in Syria and Iraq. The Polish president said Warsaw had declared it was ready to step up military presence in Iraq, although no definitive figure was given.

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