Other countries forming the battalion will be able to decide on the number of troops to be sent to Latvia.
"We do not have any set numbers of troops for each country. I can tell that there will be about 1,000 troops in total," said Vance.
He said it's still being discussed which countries will form the battle group and confirmed the estimated time of arrivals.
"I think that the troops will start arriving next spring, around May. We will not bring equipment that will differ much from Latvia already has," he said.
Vance voiced satisfaction about the closer military relations between Canada and Latvia. Deployment of the battle group will ensure contribution to the collective defense in the alliance.
While Latvia’s Chief of Defense Raimonds Graube said that Latvia will continue the started projects to get ready to receive the allied forces.
As previously reported, Canada will lead a NATO reinforcement battalion in Latvia next year but other nations, possibly including Italy, are also expected to contribute smaller numbers of troops.
