Watching over major NATO war games at Pabrade, near her small Baltic country’s border with Belarus, President Dalia Grybauskaite said that as “the guarantor of peace after the Second World War in Europe,” the US long has shared responsibility for the continent’s safety.
“We expect that this mission, and this understanding, will stay,” Grybauskaite said. She said Lithuania would meet NATO’s target of devoting at least 2.0 percent of its GDP to military spending by 2018.
Estonia says it already is spending that amount, but only a handful of other European allies contribute that much.
Lithuania urges Trump to uphold NATO security commitments
03 December 2016
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Lithuania’s president on Friday urged Donald Trump to uphold the United States’ security commitment to Europe amid questions about the US president-elect’s intentions toward his NATO allies.
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