VILNIUS - As a deal was brokered that would withdraw Serbian troops from the embattled ethnic-Albanian Kosovo region, Lithuania wasted no time cozying up to the West by promising to help enforce a settlement.The Lithuanian State Defense Council said Lithuania is prepared to contribute 40 soldiers to assist in any peace settlements. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke brokered a deal at the 11th hour that appears to have staved off the possibility of NATO air strikes against Serbia.Lithuania's decision to help would ultimately require parliamentary ...
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