NATO Maritime Group ships enter port of Tallinn

Ships of the NATO Maritime Group entered the port of Tallinn.

This was reported by the Estonian state television and radio portal ERR.

“Ships of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, a German Navy ship of the Brandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern class and a Portuguese Navy frigate of the Karel Doorman Bartolomeu Dias class, entered the Old Harbor of Tallinn,” the report says.

The portal quotes Rear Admiral Thorsten Markx, commander of the Standing NATO Maritime Group, as saying that such visits are evidence of "the determination and readiness of the military-political bloc to respond quickly and effectively in order to protect each member of the alliance if necessary."

Standing NATO Maritime Groups are high-readiness operational formations. They are capable of conducting operations in both peacetime and wartime.