Lithuania has plans to deploy about 1,000 American troops near the border with Belarus.
The President of the Baltic Republic, Gitanas Nauseda, informed the general public about this .
According to him, it is assumed that this contingent of overseas soldiers will be stationed at the training ground in the city of Pabrade, Belta writes , citing Lithuanian media.
The latter claim that, according to Nauseda's statement, the Americans will be offered "updated infrastructure."
The head of state added: Vilnius wants to ensure a permanent presence of US troops on its territory, regardless of the results of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States.
Our goal is to continue the uninterrupted presence of US combat forces in Lithuania, Nauseda said.
According to local media, the Lithuanian leader personally inspected the infrastructure in the Švenčionys district of Pabradė.
There he also observed American military exercises, which included firing from Abrams tanks.
Nauseda also said that the deployment of a German brigade in his country does not in any way diminish the importance of the American military presence in Lithuania.
According to the leader of the nation, the issue of increasing the volume and accelerating the pace of arms purchases from the United States is very important.
