The head of the Pentagon called the build-up of arms by Russia “just destabilizing”.
Washington is considering sending a missile defense system Patriot in the Baltic States to participate in NATO exercises this summer.
More about this later in the evening on Tuesday, 9 may, said in Vilnius, the representatives of the American armed forces, adding that the move will be temporary.
On possible deployment of missile defense system declared in the conditions of heightened tension with Russia, which in November will hold large-scale military exercises in Belarus and Kaliningrad region, bordering Lithuania and Poland.
According to the staff of the Pentagon, during the Russian-Belarusian exercises “West”, Russia intends to demonstrate a new technique in its Western military district.
Last year, Moscow has placed in the Kaliningrad region of Iskander missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, which caused anxiety of the countries – members of NATO in the region. Pentagon chief James Mattis, who arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday, may 10, called such an arms build-up “simply destabilizing”.
He did not say, asked the Vilnius long-term deployment systems, and missile defense. “We will make this decision in agreement with the Lithuanian government”, – said the Minister of defense at a press conference in Vilnius after a meeting with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite. Mattis stressed that we are talking only about defensive systems.
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