„We have received assurance that the gap where we have a reduction in US troops will not last long. (…) All decisions are being coordinated with the Department of War, the Pentagon, but we hope to hear about them soon,“ said the head of Lithuanian diplomacy in a comment passed on by the ministry.
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He spoke this way after a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
BNS wrote that currently the United States is reviewing the presence of its troops in Europe. More than a thousand American soldiers completed their rotation in Lithuania this summer. Although some of them remained in the country, Lithuania still does not have a clear answer regarding the arrival of a new rotation.
Americans have regularly deployed battalions of troops in Lithuania since 2019. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Washington changed its force status in Lithuania to continuous rotational deployment.
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These reinforced battalions usually consisted of a thousand or more soldiers with various combat equipment. Lithuania has indicated that it is ready to host up to 1,500 US troops.
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