Brussels, Jan. 22 -- A senior official from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said on Thursday that NATO has already pre-planned military exercises in the Arctic for the months to come.
Stressing that the Arctic is a region of strategic relevance for NATO, Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, NATO's chair of the military committee, told reporters at a joint press briefing that NATO has military exercises and training activities already pre-planned in the coming months.
Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said at the briefing that the alliance was ready to plan a mission to protect the Arctic if asked.
"We have not received political guidance to move out," Grynkewich said when answering a reporter's question about the detail...