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US President Donald Trump will show the Baltic nations as a model for other European countries in defense spending as he will host the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the White House next Tuesday, diplomats said.
The Baltic foreign ministers voiced their concern over possible trade wars during their joint meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday.
Lithuania's Armed Forces plans on purchasing at least 200 US-made armored all-terrain vehicles, the Defense Ministry said.
Lithuania's Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis on Tuesday urged the Baltic and the Nordic states to enhance collective defense.
Eight Baltic and Nordic defense ministers and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis are meeting in Helsinki on Tuesday to discuss the security situation and potential threats in the region.
Lithuania's Dalia Grybauskaitė and her Baltic counterparts will meet with US Vice-President Mike Pence in Tallinn, pledging to address US military assistance, cyber security, the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets and supplies of US liquefied gas to Europe.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will take part in a meeting between leaders of Central and East European nations and US President Donald Trump in Warsaw on Thursday.
US Vice President Mike Pence will meet with the leaders of the three Baltic countries, including Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, in Estonia in late July, the White House said on Thursday.
The Baltic countries are setting an example for all NATO member states in increasing their defense budgets, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Wednesday after visiting the Alliance's troops stationed in Lithuania.
United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis said in Vilnius on Wednesday that the US was ready to deploy defense systems in the Baltic states to deter Russia, however, has given no comment on the possibility to bring long-range defense systems Patriot.
United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday evening on a visit, by which the US new administration aims to demonstrate its commitment to the security of the Baltic states amid concerns over Russia's foreign policies.
The Lithuanian State Defence Council on Tuesday suggested earmarking 2.07 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for defence next year.
The United States should not completely abandon cooperation with Russia, but it must be remembered that Moscow poses a threat, Democratic Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday.
Lithuania on Tuesday formally welcomed troops of NATO's enhanced forward presence battalion that is being deployed to the country in response to Russia's threat.
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