Lithuanian parliamentarians do not rule out that Lithuanian Armed Forces will be “asked” to participate in the operation against ISIS
Today, the Pentagon declares its concern that Lithuania can’t reach the so-called NATO Armed Forces financing standard, which is 2%. In Lithuania, this indicator is the lowest among all the Baltic countries, but, as stated by the country's president, Ms. Grybauskaite, “the state envisages an increase in defense spending”.
Against this background, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security of Lithuania, Arturas Paulauskas, is not without regret saying that Lithuania is unlikely to be given a chance to stay away from the fight against terrorism ...
In an interview on radio stations Žinių radijas Paulauskas said that Lithuania could even be involved in conducting a ground operation against the Islamic State. Delphi cites the statement of the Lithuanian politician:
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