Lithuania will keep increasing military spending after hitting NATO’s recommended level of 2 percent of economic output in the next two years, its finance minister said, as Russia builds up capabilities on the borders of its Baltic neighbors.Relations with the West were damaged by Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and deteriorated even further last week after a gas attack in Russia-backed Syria.“We are a NATO member but we are also responsible for our security ourselves,” Vilius Sapoka told Reuters on Tuesday in his first interview with international media since Lithuania’s coalition government took office last year.“Next year we will already …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
