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Latvia will ask NATO's support if Russia deploys Mistral helicopter-carriers in the Baltic Sea

Riga, Latvia - That would change the balance of forces in the region

Latvia's minister of defense Artis Pabriks today stated that, if Russia will deploy Mistral helicopter-carriers in the Baltic Sea, it would ask the support of NATO, which it joined in 2004: the step, in the Country's opinion, would in fact change the balance of forces in the territory. The statement was made following the one made on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, by the Russian minister of defense Anatoly...

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Rome, Italy, 06/22/2011 16:33
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