Lithuania seeks permanent U.S. troop deployment in face of Russian build-up
RUKLA, Lithuania (Reuters) - Lithuania will ask the United States to permanently station troops in the country to help boost security, the Baltic nation's president said on Wednesday.
Gitanas Nauseda spoke after welcoming new rotation of German-led international NATO battle group, deployed in 2017 and soon to include 350 additional German troops in response to Russia massing its troops near Ukraine.
Since 2019 the United States has deployed non-overlapping rotations of its own groups of about 500 troops and equipment in Lithuania, adding to the alliance's efforts to deter Russia from its vulnerable flank.
"Of course we will be talking to the U.S. to make sure that the rotational U.S. forces would be in Lithuania permanently," Nauseda told a news conference in Rukla military base.
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