Following the U.S. Army’s official announcement that it will quadruple its defence budget for Europe, Lithuania's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas believes more U.S. troops and equipment will be stationed in the country.
"We are ready to receive an additional number of troops and prepositioned military equipment, and we will make investment in this," the minister told BNS Lithuania on February 2, 2016.
"Speaking about specific numbers for Lithuania is premature,” he said. “However, we will probably have more troops tra...
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