Agence France-Presse
March 29, 2022

Denmark says ready to send 800 NATO troops to Baltic states

Denmark said on Tuesday it was making a battalion of 800 troops available to NATO in Baltic countries….

The Nordic country has already deployed some 200 military personnel, fighter jets to Estonia and Lithuania and sent a frigate to the east of the Baltic Sea.

“We are already significantly present on the ground, but we are ready to do more,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at a press conference.

“This is why the government will suggest sending a battalion of 800 (soldiers) to Baltic countries,” she said.

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Frederiksen is due to travel Wednesday to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, including visiting Danish troops there.

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ERR News
March 29, 2022

Denmark may be sending 800 additional troops to Baltic states

Denmark may commit to sending 800 more troops to the Baltic States, that country’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, says.

Denmark is already a regular contributor to the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup at Tapa, and around 200 of its personnel are currently based there.

“We’re already there, but we’re ready to do significantly more,” Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV 2, ERR reports.