NATO defense ministers were
expected in a Wednesday meeting to decide to establish a
southern defense hub at NATO's allied interforce command centre
in Naples, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
He added that the hub, which Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti
noted was strongly wanted by Italy, would help coordinate
information on countries experiencing a crisis such as Libya and
Iraq, and help deal with terrorism and other challenges from the
North African and Middle Eastern region.
Pinotti added that NATO's Framework for the South, which sets
down the basis for the Naples, focuses on "the search for
information and considerations on the situation in place as well
as capacity building in countries in the region and coordination
of all operations that can be done for the south".
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