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<p>The United Kingdom (UK) currently has 21 Service personnel in Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania, as fellow members of NATO. In the Baltic States there is a persistent NATO
presence through three NATO Force Integration Units and three NATO-accredited centres
of excellence.</p><p> </p><p>Since Russia’s actions in Ukraine, we have continually
demonstrated our commitment to regional defence and security by contributing to NATO
assurance activity, including: providing ships to NATO’s Standing Naval Forces in
the Baltic Sea; deploying RAF Typhoons to deliver Baltic Air Policing; and conducting
exercises in the region, with 400 UK personnel participating in exercise SILVER ARROW
in October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>At the Warsaw Summit in July 2016, NATO Allies agreed
to enhance the Alliance’s presence in the Baltic States and Poland through the deployment
of four highly capable battalions. The UK will be lead the Enhanced Forward Presence
battalion in Estonia and it is anticipated that up to 800 UK personnel will be deployed
in the Spring of 2017. The contributions from NATO Allies will be:</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Host Nation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Framework
Nation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Based</strong> <strong>from</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contributing
Nations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Personnel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deployed
from</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>Tapa</p></td><td><p>France,
Denmark</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>Each Enhanced Forward Presence deployment is expected
to have around 1,000 personnel, but this will vary over time due to planned rotations
of units.</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>Each Enhanced Forward Presence battalion will
be deployed from early 2017.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Adazi</p></td><td><p>Albania,
Italy, Poland, Slovenia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Rukla</p></td><td><p>Belgium,
Croatia, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>US</p></td><td><p>Several
locations including Żagań, Świętoszów, Skwierzyna, and Bolesławiec</p></td><td><p>Romania,
UK</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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