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NATO to establish new facility in Slovakia in 2016

Xinhua, October 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

NATO Force Integration Units (NFIU) will be present in Slovakia as of next year, as it was passed by NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Oct. 8 and approved by Slovak cabinet at its session on Wednesday.

NFIU will be based at the military barracks in the Bratislava borough of Vajnory and staffed by 41 persons, including 21 members of the Slovak Armed Forces.

Remaining soldiers will come from other NATO-member states. Interest in sending their soldiers to Slovakia have so far been shown by the Czech Republic, the United States, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Romania.

The main target of NFIU is to increase NATO's rapid reaction forces deployment and capabilities. NFIU should reach its initial operational capacity by July 2016, when the Warsaw summit is due to be held, and full operational capacity by the end of 2016. Endit