Banners displaying the NATO logo are placed at the entrance of new NATO headquarters during the move to the new building, in Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BERLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - NATO has started the military planning for an Arctic Sentry mission, a spokesperson for the alliance's military headquarters SHAPE said on Tuesday.
"Planning is underway for a NATO enhanced vigilance activity, named Arctic Sentry," Colonel Martin L. O'Donnell, spokesperson for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, said, confirming a report by German magazine Spiegel.
He refused to provide additional details as planning had only just begun.
(Reporting by Sabine Siebold; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
