Lithuania and the United States signed a plan for bilateral defense cooperation in Washington, DC.
defense cooperation for 2024-2028. This was reported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense,
reports UNN.
Details
The document defines the main areas of cooperation on which Lithuania and
the United States will focus on in the coming years. These include strengthening deterrence measures
deterrence in the Baltic region, ensuring the US military presence in the
in the region, and U.S. support in strengthening and developing Lithuania's defense capabilities,
uninterrupted implementation of Lithuanian procurement from the United States, cooperation in the defense industry, and joint exercises.
industry, joint exercises.
The new cooperation plan was signed in Washington by the Director of Defense Policy of the Lithuanian Ministry of
Vaidotas Urbelis, Director of Defense Policy at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense, and
Celeste Wallander, the U.S. Secretary of Defense's Advisor for International Security Affairs.
Lithuania and the United States are allies who share the same appreciation of threats to international security
to international security and work closely together to strengthen deterrence in the
Baltic region. Our defense cooperation has expanded qualitatively over the past year.
He added that the continuous rotation of battalions
of the United States, countries are intensively improving infrastructure to ensure the military
military presence of the allies.
Purchases of military equipment from the United States have increased, with more than
more than 60 procurement projects: HIMARS artillery systems, JLTV armored
JLTV all-terrain vehicles, Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
The United States and Lithuania are also implementing other ambitious projects in
in the development of cyber capabilities and other areas.
This document shows that the Americans remain committed to active engagement in the Baltic
committed to active work in the Baltic region and thus increase
deterrence
Context
The first defense cooperation plan between the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense and the
The first defense cooperation plan between the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense was signed in 2019. The content of the newly
The contents of the newly signed plan will be constantly reviewed and updated as necessary.
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