Croatia Plans To Send Up To 10 Soldiers To NATO’s Rapid Response Force

The draft decision has been forwarded to President Zoran Milanović, the supreme commander of the armed forces, for adoption, the press release reads.

According to Defence Minister Mario Banožić, Croatian troops will be part of the “Very High Readiness Joint Task Force” (VJTF) within the alliance’s Response Force.

That means that they will be ready within a few days.

During the Prague summit in 2002, NATO decided on the establishment of its Response Force, and the Wales summit in 2014 decided on the set-up of VJTF.

In 2015, Croatia’s parliament adopted decisions that paved the way for the deployment of Croatian soldiers in those units.

Earlier today, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance had activated its defense plans on the deployment of additional forces in NATO’s eastern members.

“Today, the North Atlantic Council decided to activate our defense plans, at the request of our top military commander, General Tod Wolters,” Stoltenberg said and added that he has “called a virtual Summit of NATO leaders tomorrow, to address the way forward.”

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