Canada vows Baltic battalion to counter 'troublemaker' Russia
Riga (AFP) July 11, 2016 -
Canada vowed Monday to keep a soon-to-be deployed battalion in Baltic state Latvia for as long as Russia remains a "troublemaker" in the region.
Ottawa's pledge refers to NATO's planned deployment of four battalions of around 1,000 troops each in Poland and the Baltic states as a tripwire against fresh Russian adventurism in its Soviet-era backyard.
The alliance formally endorsed the mov ...
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