France: Strengthens its military presence in Eastern Europe – Sends forces to Romania and Estonia

THE France announced that it will strengthen its presence in East Europewith the result that he is going to send forces to Romania and Estoniaaccording to what the French Minister of Defense said.

Specifically, Mr Sebastian Lecorny during a hearing before the Senate Defense Committee, he said that this decision by President Emmanuel Macron to “strengthen our defense position on the eastern flank of Europe” was made “due to the situation on NATO’s eastern flank” and “the intensity of the fighting in Ukraine”.

Also, Agence France-Presse reported that France is a country participating in a NATO mission in Romania, which currently has 350 French soldiers, as well as Belgian and Dutch soldiers.

So Paris is preparing to double its field personnel by November, a military img explains, with twelve armored infantry fighting vehicles (VBCI) and twelve Leclerc tanks.

“We will also continue to strengthen our defense position in Lithuania” with the deployment of Rafale fighter jets to guarantee air policing “and in Estonia where a reinforced light infantry company will be deployed” in 2023 equipped with Griffon vehicles, i.e. an additional 100 men, added the French Minister of the Armed Forces.

Source: News Beast

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