Every November 18, the Day of the Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia is celebrated, on the anniversary of its independence from Russia in 1918.<\/p>\n
For this reason, Latvia is currently organizing a military parade in its capital, Riga<\/strong>, in which the different contingents of NATO member countries that have troops deployed in that country have been participating, to contribute to their security before the escalation of tension that Russia has been leading since 2014 with the annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n Spain has been participating in the NATO contingent in Latvia since November 2017, within the framework of the Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) mission. Currently, the Spanish contingent in that Baltic republic is the eFP XI, made up mainly of soldiers from the \"Guzm\u00e1n el Bueno\" X Brigade<\/strong> of the Spanish Army. In Latvia, Spain has deployed Leopardo 2E main battle tanks, ASCOD Pizarro infantry fighting vehicles, M-113 VCZ sapper combat vehicles, M-109 self-propelled howitzers and other vehicles. The Latvian Army has published today the video of the parade<\/strong>, in which we can see the Spanish participation:<\/p>\n
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