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Italian Northern League Party Calls NATO’s Expansion Madness
Italian Northern League Party Calls NATO’s Expansion Madness
Matteo Salvini, who heads Italy's Northern League party, called NATO’s decision to establish additional command centers in six European countries madness... 06.02.2015, Sputnik International
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Italian Northern League Party Calls NATO’s Expansion Madness
12:21 GMT 06.02.2015 (Updated: 12:35 GMT 06.02.2015) Matteo Salvini, who heads Italy's Northern League party, called NATO’s decision to establish additional command centers in six European countries madness, adding that war is not a game.
Matteo Salvini, who heads Italy's Northern League party, called NATO’s decision to establish additional command centers in six European countries madness.
"NATO deploys forces on the border with Russia. Another madness after economic sanctions: war is not a game," he tweeted.
6 February 2015, 04:27 GMT
On Thursday, the defense ministers of NATO member-states agreed to set up six new command and control centers in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania and more than double the size of its response force from 13,000 to 30,000.
NATO's growing presence in Eastern Europe has been the subject of geopolitical tensions, with Russia having expressed growing concern over the buildup of NATO forces along its western border.
NATO, which has accused Russia of being involved in the Ukrainian crisis, claims that the expansion is aimed at protecting its member-states and allies.
