“This is a very sensitive area and the eyes of the aggressor can be directed here,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nosida said in زيepleszki on the Polish side.
At 70 kilometers, the corridor connects Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia – all former Soviet republics bordering Russia – with Poland and other members of NATO.
“We decided to come to this place to show that it is safe, only because of what you can see here today: daily service, calm, but full of vigilance by the forces of Polka, Lithuania and other NATO forces,” noted Polish leader Andrzej Duda..
At the request of Poland and the Baltic states, NATO leaders decided at the Madrid summit last week to significantly increase the number of troops in Eastern Europe.
In the Suwalki Pass, brigades will be increased by thousands of soldiers.
The chiefs, accompanied by their defense ministers, were present in the Szepleszki District, where the US-led Multinational Northeast Division Mobile Command Unit is currently conducting exercises.
From Szypliszki, the two chiefs traveled to Mariampoli, Lithuania, to meet with a German-led logistics battalion.
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