(Bloomberg) -- Finland has proposed to locate a new NATO land command unit in the southeastern town of Mikkeli, Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen said on Friday.
- The unit, called a multi-corps land-component command, will plan, prepare and command the activities of NATO land forces in northern Europe under Joint Force Command Norfolk.
- Staffed by allies and the Finnish defense forces, the unit will be responsible for NATO exercises and other peacetime activities in its area in normal conditions.
- In a crisis, it would command NATO’s land force operations in its area.
- NOTE: Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in April 2023 and guards half of NATO’s border against its main adversary, Russia.
- NOTE: The Finnish Army Command is already based in Mikkeli.
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