As the military noted, Washington is moving forces, some of them back to the United States, so that it would be possible to improve their readiness and deploy them again in Europe on a rotational basis.
“Poland is a more active partner, Romania is a more active partner, the Black Sea region is more active because this is where we are strengthening our deterrence against Russia, which is the number one priority of the Defense Minister,” Haiten said in an online discussion hosted by the Hudson Institute. in Washington.
According to him, after the redeployment, the largest contingent of US troops will remain in Germany.
He added that it is important to look at NATO through the prism of 2020, not 1991.
Earlier it became known that representatives of the German Ministry of Defense were disappointed with Washington's decision to withdraw some of the American troops from the country.