Lithuania to review Guantanamo inmates

VILNIUS- Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas andInterior Minister Raimundas Palaitis as well as Head of the State SecurityDepartment Povilas Malakauskas will come together to discuss Lithuania'scapacity for considering the US-filed request to take in a few of Guantanamodetention camp detainees.

Lithuania on Feb 5 receiveda request to take in two Guantanamodetainees, the foreign minister had previously announced.

Unofficial information has it that the inmates are Uzbek.

The said two detainees pose no threat to Lithuania's national security,Usackas said invoking information currently available to him. Political refugemay be in the cards for the two persons, said the minister, however adding thatbefore the transfer can be made, the inmates need to consent to the potentialmove and Lithuanianeeds testimony as to the threat they would be facing if returned to theirhomeland.

"This issue should be dealt with within a few months' time," said Usackas,adding that talks with the US will be bipartite, but take into considerationthe join European Union (EU) stance on the issue.