NATO's Build-Up in East Cuts Fear of Conflict, Estonia Says
- President says investors should be reassured by NATO presence
- Perception of Baltic risk is changing, Kaljulaid says
Kersti Kaljulaid.
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Investors in the Baltic countries should brush off the perceived risk of a conflict between NATO and Russia in the region after the alliance deployed reinforcements to its eastern flank, Estonia’s president said.
After the arrival of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in recent weeks, the international community has become less worried about a potential conflict in the area, Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia’s first female head of state, said Thursday in an interview. Hybrid -- or non-military -- risks stemming from Estonia’s former Soviet master are now a bigger danger, focusing more on elections in other European countries.