The President of Lithuania is getting worried.
According to the British Financial Times on July 1, Lithuanian President Nausėda believes that the Baltic countries need a backup plan in case US troops withdraw from the region.
The United States is preparing to withdraw 3,000 American soldiers deployed in the three Baltic countries, which has made Lithuania and other countries anxious. Lithuania has an area of only 65,300 square kilometers and a population of about 2.9 million. The entire country only has 14,000 troops, which is completely unable to protect its own security. To the west of Lithuania is Russia's Kaliningrad, and to the east is Belarus, and it can always feel the threat. Although Germany currently has about 5,000 troops deployed in Lithuania, they are obviously not as strong in combat power as the US military. Lithuania and other countries have taken a tough stance in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but now they are becoming increasingly unsafe. As a small country, it is the right choice not to get involved in great power competition and to learn how to live in peace with neighbors.
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