NATO Establishes Military Mobility Corridors Across Europe

In Europe, eight NATO member states have agreed to form a system of “military mobility corridors.” This was announced on November 13 by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense. “The Ministry of National Defense has signed a memorandum of intent to ensure uninterrupted military mobility in Europe. The agreement with Lithuania was signed by representatives of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. It is noted that the interstate corridors will cover Central and Northern Europe and will become a key element of the alliance’s unified military mobility system. At the same time, military mobility refers to rules and measures that ensure the rapid and coordinated movement of troops. In addition, the existing corridor between the Netherlands, Germany and Poland will be expanded: in the west — through Belgium and Luxembourg, in the east — through Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Unified procedures for border crossing, control and monitoring of troop movements, information exchange will be introduced in the corridor area, and synchronization of the state and development of transport infrastructure is planned.