Military service should be made compulsory for women – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, quoted by Politico, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprodes wrote in a message on the “X” social network that military service should be made mandatory for women in this country as well.

Sproudes wrote in X: In line with comprehensive national defense, I support the plan of compulsory service of women in the defense forces. 2028 It can be a good year to start working.

After the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, European countries have strengthened their armies both in terms of the number of personnel and in terms of weapons.

Latvia, which shares a border with Russia, abolished conscription in 2006 and reinstated it last year. The country, which has a population of less than 2 million, randomly selects recruits and plans to have around 4,000 soldiers by 2028.

Sweden and Lithuania, as two other countries close to Russia, resumed compulsory service for their subjects after the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula to Moscow in 2014.

Sprouds previously said in a TV program that the recruitment of women will not happen today and tomorrow, and the reason is the political and technical obstacles regarding this issue.

He explained in X: We have a task that we have to do until 2028, and that is: public debate and discussion, strengthening and improving infrastructure and allocating equipment for women.