Peace In Europe Is Over
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:58 pm
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Poland says Europe's peaceful period 'now over'
Poland says Europe's peaceful period 'now over'
NATO member Poland said Thursday that the post-Cold War period of peace is "now over", as the European Union grapples with various crises including the Ukraine conflict and terrorism.
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Poland's defence minister spoke alongside NATO head Jens Stoltenberg in western Poland while attending the first full exercise of the Western defence alliance's new rapid reaction force -- part of NATO's biggest defence reinforcement since the Cold War.
"After tens of years of peace, that peaceful period after the Cold War is now over," Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak told reporters in Zagan.
"Because there are more and more crises erupting around Europe... It's not only the Ukrainian and Russian crisis but also ISIS and a number of different crises in northern Africa," he said, using an acronym to refer to the jihadist Islamic State group.