In the session NATO Allies once again reiterated their commitments regarding deployment of the eFP battlegroups in the Baltic states and Poland. Poland joined the Baltic states today in signing a joint communique to facilitate movement of allied troops in the region and simplify related bureaucratic procedures applied to the NATO eFP troops deploying to Poland and the Baltic states.
The NATO eFP battalion battlegroup is deployed in Lithuania on the basis of decision taken at the NATO Summit in Warsaw last July in response to the changed geopolitical situation and Russia’s actions in Ukraine. Such battlegroups are deployed as of the beginning of the year in Estonia, Latvia and Poland to strengthen NATO presence in the eastern flank of the Alliance.
The NATO eFP battalion battlegroup in Lithuania is led by Germany. IT will include military personnel from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, and France – approx. 1,200 soldiers in total. During peacetime the battalion will train alongside Lithuanian forces, while in case of a crisis or conflict it will defence Lithuania side by side with national and additionally deployed allied forces.
