Scandinavia, the Baltic States and the United Kingdom have agreed to improve the exchange of razvedennymi and expand cross-border training its air force

Eight Northern European countries agreed on Thursday to boost cooperation in order to counter the growing military activity in the region, including increasing three times the number of flights by Russian military aircraft in the region. This was announced at a meeting of defense Ministers of the countries of Scandinavia, the Baltic States and the UK, according to Reuters.

The parties specifically agreed to improve the exchange of razvedennymi and to expand cross-border training of its air force.

"NATO has recorded more than 100 interceptions this year, three times more than in 2013, but the year is not over yet. We will not allow Russia to continue invading our airspace, " he said at a press conference," said the British defence Secretary Michael Fallon at the final press conference. He added that the British aircraft will continue the mission of patrolling the airspace of the Baltic States.

Minister of defence of Norway Inger Eriksen Soreide noted that cooperation for training airmen that exists between Norway, Finland and Sweden, to expand to Denmark. Through the resources of NATO will also be increased defensibility of the Baltic States.

Earlier, NATO said that in the skies over Europe has increased the number of aircraft maneuvers of the Russian Federation. From the second half of the day Tuesday, October 28, many strategic bombers and other military aircraft of the Russian Federation identified over the North and Baltic seas. To capture all of them in the sky were raised German and British fighters. Also, the cases of the approaching aircraft of the Russian air force to the air space of the Baltic countries-members of NATO. In October the Russian reconnaissance aircraft even intruded into the airspace of Estonia. So, on Tuesday, October 28, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in response patrolling the air space has been increased five times.

Source: http://news.liga.net/