Lieutenant General Ben Hodges

The key task of the Lithuanian president is to deal with the main foreign policy questions and together with the cabinet enact foreign policy.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former commander of the United States Army Europe (USAREUR), said in Vilnius on Wednesday that US rotational troops should be returned to the Baltic states.

An international conference is held at the Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday to discuss the society's resistance to hybrid threats from Russia.

Lithuanian, Polish and US security and defence officials and experts will visit on Tuesday the so-called "Suwalki gap" to discuss the defence of the land corridor.

The United States have ceased permanent rotation of its Land Forces troops in Lithuania, however, will continue sending them to exercises, says US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, outgoing commander of the US Army Europe, arrived in the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area on Saturday to view international exercise Iron Wolf II.

The US Army's commander in Europe on Friday called on Russia to invite media representatives to observe next month's military exercise Zapad (West), saying that there is not much ground for trusting the numbers given by Moscow about the scale of the drills.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the US Army commander in Europe, is coming to Lithuania on Thursday to discuss the security situation in the region.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the US Army commander in Europe, will start a two-day visit to Lithuania on Thursday.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, commander of the United States Army Europe, has applauded Lithuania's plans of earmarking 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to defence next year, emphasizing that the way of spending the money was even more important.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, commander of the United States Army Europe, has urged Russia to ensure transparency during the Zapad 2017 military exercise to be held near Lithuania's border in September.

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.

The NATO summit in Warsaw has been lauded as historical, a breaking point that gave the Baltic states and Poland a reason to celebrate and stop fearing potential aggression from Russia.

During a press conference in Vilnius, Ben Hodges, the commanding general of the US Army in Europe, said that the US and other NATO countries were tired of responding to unexpected moves from Russia and that they would have to take the initiative.

Central and Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic capacities to deter Russia, according to US Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.

The commander of the United States Forces Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, will attend a conference on NATO’s strength, defence and deterrence, in Vilnius on Monday ahead of the NATO Summit in Warsaw.

US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the commander of the US Army in Europe, said that US forces must act as a deterrent to any potential threat in Europe in an interview with Lithuania's national broadcaster.

The US will send more troops to Lithuania as it starts it preparations to step up its presence and capabilities in Europe, said United States Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges.