NATO says it plans military exercises in the Arctic in coming months

BRUSSELS -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said on Thursday that it has already pre-planned military exercises in the Arctic in the near future.

Stressing that the Arctic is a region of strategic relevance for NATO, Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, NATO's chair of the military committee, told reporters at a briefing that NATO has pre-planned military exercises and training activities for the months to come.