NATO: Eastern Europe
(asked on 6th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on delivering the UK's contribution to NATO's enhanced forward presence in eastern Europe; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 12th September 2016
The UK will be the Framework Nation for NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence in Estonia. Detailed planning is now underway with NATO and our Estonian hosts, and with the Governments of France and Denmark, who have indicated that they will deploy forces alongside us.
As agreed at the Warsaw Summit, our enhance Forward Presence forces will deploy in Spring 2017.