Foreign Minister Lipavsky: Czech Republic supports reinforcements on NATO’s Eastern borders

The deployment of more NATO combat units on the alliance’s Eastern flank is in the interest of Czech security and the Czech Republic should take an active part in the military undertaking, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said after meeting NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Thursday.

The Czech foreign minister said the alliance remains united in rejecting Russian demands, which he said present a threat to Czech sovereignty as well. He added that the Czech government is considering providing further assistance to Ukraine.

So far, NATO has about 4,000 troops in multinational battalions in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, backed by tanks, air defences and intelligence and surveillance units.