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The Baltic prime ministers say that their countries are ready for Zapad, a major military exercise to be held jointly by Russia and Belarus in September, and feel safe after NATO partners have deployed additional capabilities in the region.
Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad
Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad
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"We are ready as sovereign states, as the Baltic states and as NATO member states," Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said at a joint news conference with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts in Klaip4da on Friday.

Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said that the countries "are

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