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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday opened the NATO Force Integration Units (NFIU) in Vilnius. This and five other NFIUs in Central and Eastern European countries have been set up in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
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The NATO command centres in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania were officially activated on Tuesday and are expected to reach full operational capability by the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016.

Around 40 officers will serve at each of the NFIU set up by NATO to facilitate rapid deployment of the NATO Very High Readiness

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