The Don
14-03-2014, 03:18 PM
BUDAPEST—The Visegrad Four countries—Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary—Friday signed a pact on a joint military body within the European Union, in response to the escalating Ukrainian crisis.
The deal involves joint military exercises, coordinated defense procurement and joint defense development of the four central European countries.
The move comes after pro-Russian forces have gained control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
The Visegrad Four countries are the most exposed and most vulnerable to the Ukrainian situation, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Janos Martonyi said Thursday after meeting his V4 counterparts.
Three of the four countries have borders with Ukraine, and groups of ethnic minorities of these countries are also living in Ukraine.
Good news, if the smaller nations band together they are less reliant on the bigger countries for military support.
Source (http://stream.wsj.com/story/deadly-clashes-in-ukraine/SS-2-457850/SS-2-481363/?mod=wsj_streaming_deadly-clashes-in-ukraine)
The deal involves joint military exercises, coordinated defense procurement and joint defense development of the four central European countries.
The move comes after pro-Russian forces have gained control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
The Visegrad Four countries are the most exposed and most vulnerable to the Ukrainian situation, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Janos Martonyi said Thursday after meeting his V4 counterparts.
Three of the four countries have borders with Ukraine, and groups of ethnic minorities of these countries are also living in Ukraine.
Good news, if the smaller nations band together they are less reliant on the bigger countries for military support.
Source (http://stream.wsj.com/story/deadly-clashes-in-ukraine/SS-2-457850/SS-2-481363/?mod=wsj_streaming_deadly-clashes-in-ukraine)