The West German proposal to develop multinational units was also praised by the defense ministers.

Most member countries are willing to place their own troops in multinational units under their neighbors' command.

If you go to multinational units, you have going to have to resolve these tactical differences," he said.

NATO already has some multinational units but they are on a relatively small scale.

The squadron was a multinational unit, but most personnel were Australian.

At the same time, the transition to a multinational unit began, which included considerable issues in organisational psychology between the two forces.

One of his innovations was the establishment in 1961, using existing formations, of a fast-moving multinational unit.

The security group would coordinate military doctrine and create multinational peacekeeping units.

A Pentagon official added that multinational units that include German soldiers could also be deployed in other countries.

New multinational units represent "one more way to give a political dimension to our military arrangements," he added.