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NATO ministers discuss boosting eastern flank forces

Latvia's Defense Minister Artis Pabriks, center left, speaks with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, center right, during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, speaks with U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, speaks with Belgium's Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during a media conference after NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during a media conference after NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during a media conference after NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday for talks focusing on bolstering forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia of planning further aggression. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, arrive for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers on Thursday will discuss beefing up weapons supplies to Ukraine, and Sweden and Finland's applications to join the transatlantic military alliance. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

A general view of the North Atlantic Council during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers on Thursday will discuss beefing up weapons supplies to Ukraine, and Sweden and Finland's applications to join the transatlantic military alliance. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during opening remarks prior to a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 16, 2022. NATO defense ministers on Thursday will discuss beefing up weapons supplies to Ukraine, and Sweden and Finland's applications to join the transatlantic military alliance. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO ministers discuss boosting eastern flank forces