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Matteo Salvini, who heads Italy's Northern League party, called NATO’s decision to establish additional command centers in six European countries madness, adding that war is not a game. Matteo Salvini, who heads Italy's Northern League party, called NATO’s decision to establish additional command centers in six European countries madness. "NATO deploys forces on the border with Russia. Another madness after economic sanctions: war is not a game," he tweeted. #NATO organizza forza da schierare ai confini con #RUSSIA . Altra FOLLIA dopo sanzioni economiche: non si gioca alla GUERRA! #Salvini #Lega — Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) 6 февраля 2015 Russia to Give ‘Adequate’ Response to NATO’s Expansion On Thursday, the defense ministers of NATO member-states agreed to set up six new command and control centers in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania and more than double the size of its response force from 13,000 to 30,000. NATO&#

Officers from both Estonia and other NATO member-states will be working in the new command center, Defense Minister Sven Mikser said. NATO plans to create six new command and control posts in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania. © AFP 2015/ CLAUS FISKER / SCANPIX DENMARK NATO to Nearly Triple Size of Its Response Force (VIDEO) TALLIN (Sputnik) — Estonia is ready to open a NATO command center on its territory in the near future, the country's Defense Minister Sven Mikser said in an interview with Estonian National Television Friday. "We have announced our preparedness to station this kind of center. We are ready to do it even next week. Actually, we have already provided working placement and the necessary means. Right now we are looking for and appointing Estonian staff," Mikser said. According to the minister, officers from both the host country and other NATO member-states will be working in the command center. On Thursday, NATO Sec