If NATO Collectively Decides to Do so and There Is a Need, Nuclear Weapons Could Be Deployed in Latvia
Rinkevics said Latvia has no legal ban and no specific negotiations are underway.
- On Monday, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics stated that nuclear weapons could be deployed in Latvia "if the need arises and if such a collective NATO decision is made."
- The United Kingdom offered a "nuclear umbrella" to Joint Expeditionary Force members including Latvia as part of a wider defence agreement to deter potential aggression in Europe.
- "We have no legally established obstacles in our laws to the deployment of nuclear weapons in Latvia," Rinkevics said, though he emphasized no specific negotiations are currently underway.
- General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord, confirmed the security guarantee is "guaranteed by our submarines, which are patrolling the Atlantic right now" during his Finland visit.
- JEF member countries are expected to sign a formal agreement at a meeting in Oslo in November, with Rinkevics noting this remains "part of NATO's overall policy.
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Latvia is ready to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO makes such a decision, said President Edgars Rinkevičius. He stressed that there are no legal obstacles to such a move in Latvian legislation.
Latvia is ready to deploy nuclear weapons according to NATO decision - President Edgars Rinkevics said that Latvian laws do not prohibit the placement of nuclear weapons <p>in the country. Negotiations are not taking place at the moment, but If NATO makes such a decision, it will be implemented</p>.
Latvia can deploy nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO makes an appropriate decision and the need arises
The NATO countries will decide to the extent that Latvia is willing to place nuclear weapons on its territory if such a decision is collectively taken by NATO and is necessary, as announced by the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevichs, RBK-Ukraine, with reference to Delfi. Rinkevichs has thus commented on the British proposal to strengthen the nuclear protection of the countries of the United Expeditionary Forces (JEF). This format includes, am…
Nuclear weapons may also appear on the territory of Latvia if NATO decides to do so and if there is a need for it, stated Edgar Rinkevich.
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