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Paris, France - The Commander Joint Force Command Brunssum, General Erhard Bühler met the French Chief of Defence (CHOD), General Francois Lecointre, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (CEMA).

The two Generals met on the 2nd of July and exchanged their thoughts about mutual interests in the NATOs Command Structure adaptation process, underlining the JFCBS main operational role.

One of the main topics of discussion has been NATOs presence in the Baltic Sea Region with 4 multinational Battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in order to strengthen the NATO collective deterrence and defence posture in the area. France is one of the contributing nations since 2017 and, currently, 300 French soldiers are deployed into the British Battalion in Estonia under the eFP framework.