VILNIUS - Representatives of Lithuania's center-right coalition have assured the country that they are financing defense according to the highest NATO standards and have said the move will inch the country toward eventual membership in the military alliance.At a press conference about the country's 1999 defense budget Jan. 19, Vice Defense Minister Povilas Malakauskas, immediately took issue with those in the local media who doubt the wisdom of the Parliament's pledge to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense by 2001."It is not the right moment for such doubts," Malakauskas said. "The NATO summi...
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