NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has attended a ceremony in Latvia to welcome a new NATO battlegroup.
The battlegroup is being led by the Canadians but also includes soldiers from Albania, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Spain. The group has been created as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence or eFP. Three other battlegroups exist in Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. EFP is part of NATO’s biggest reinforcement of Alliance collective defence in a generation. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attended the ceremony along with other VIPs.
Footage includes shots of the parade ground at Adazi military base in Latvia, as well as, aerial views of the ceremony. Drone shots are courtesy of the Latvian Ministry of Defence.