Joint Expeditionary Force
The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a UK-led multinational military task group established in 2014 under the British Joint Expeditionary Force Command. It brings together armed forces from Northern European and Baltic nations, including the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Iceland. The force is designed for collective rapid response, deterrence and defence operations across the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea regions.
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Latvian president says Latvia ready to host NATO nuclear weapons if Alliance decides
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said Latvia would host nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO collectively decides such a deployment is necessary, while stressing that no concrete negotiations on deployment are currently underway. He noted Latvian law contains no barriers to hosting such weapons and described Latvia as already under NATO's nuclear umbrella provided by the US and UK.