Reuters
February 25, 2022

Germany to send company of troops to Slovakia to join new NATO battlegroup

Germany will send a company of troops to Slovakia that will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established there, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday.

“We are working on quickly sending a company to Slovakia,” she told German public TV ZDF after talks with her Slovak counterpart.

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Slovak Spectator
February 24, 2022

NATO will bolster its presence on the eastern flank of the allied territory, which includes Slovakia

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď reported on this outcome of the NATO Council session from earlier this morning. A mission of NATO’s enhanced forward presence will be positioned in Slovakia.

Slovakia has launched the planning of the mission, which will be tasked with protecting the country. Naď says it is not clear for now how big the mission will be, but he noted that “they will be soldiers from geographically close countries and several hundreds of troops with capabilities that Slovakia does not have.”

During the NATO Council session, Slovakia joined other countries in calling for the activation of consultations under Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty. These consultations are launched when one or several countries of the alliance feel threatened.