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Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine to form military brigade

Fri, Nov 20 2009 11:11 CET 1549 Views
Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine to form military brigade

Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine have signed a letter of intent to form a multinational military brigade. The agreement was signed by Lithuania's and Ukraine's ministers of defence and Poland's vice minister of defence, Stanisław Komorowski, at Nato headquarters in Brussels earlier this week.

The joint brigade, which is to be established within two years, and is to be fully operational by 2013, is to take part in future international military and peacekeeping missions, and will be open for other countries to join. It is to be made up of about 4,500 troops and headquartered in the eastern Polish city of Lublin.

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