Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, commander of the United States Army Europe, is coming to Lithuania this week to meet with Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis and Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas on Wednesday.
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Lithuania seeks permanent presence of United States troops in its territory, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said during a visit in the US on Friday.
Democratic US Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday that US troops should to be permanently stationed in the Baltic countries.
Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday unanimously ratified the Lithuania-US agreement on the status of US troops in the Baltic states.
Ten tanks of the United States Armed Forces arrived in Lithuania on Friday in an effort to deter Russia and demonstrate the US commitment to NATO's collective defence.
The United States demonstrate commitment to the obligations to partners, therefore, Lithuania has full confidence in the new US administration, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė expects the Seimas to debate an agreement on the status of US troops in Lithuania during its extraordinary session next week.
A proposed fast-track ratification of an agreement on the status of US troops in Lithuania would be a political signal that the country is ready to host American soldiers, President Dalia Grybauskaitė's chief national security adviser said on Tuesday.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has submitted the treaty with the United States on the status of US troops in Lithuania for fast-track parliamentary ratification, the President's Office said on Monday.
The new shift of United States troops is coming to Lithuania in February with ten tanks.
Lithuania and the United States signed on Tuesday an agreement on the status of US troops on Lithuanian territory.
Lithuania and the United States will Tuesday sign an agreement on the status of US troops in the country, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said.
Lithuania is under threat, as resurgent Russia aims to restore its empire, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday.
US troops should be stationed in Lithuania at all times, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday.
Germany will meet its obligations in boosting security of NATO's Eastern flanks, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Vilnius on Thursday.
The United States will continue contributing to security of the Baltic states, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels on Thursday.
A new shift of rotating US forces have begun service in Lithuania this week, the Ministry of National Defence reports.
The Visegrad Group, which contains Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, have agreed to send rotating forces to the Baltic States from next year.
An international battalion of NATO troops is likely to be deployed to Lithuania, according to the country's President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
