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Lithuania seeks permanent U.S. troop deployment in face of Russian build-up

09 February 2022 20:51 (UTC +04:00)

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, APA reports quoting Reuters.

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.