The Baltic country’s constitution prohibits weapons of mass destruction within its borders, but President Gitanas Nausėda has floated amending the fundamental law, citing current security risks.
The Financial Times reported this week that U.S. officials were in talks to deploy nuclear warheads and bombers to countries on NATO’s eastern flank. American nukes are currently stored in military facilities in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands and the U.K.
The negotiations coincide with the scheduled departure of around 1,000 U.S. troops from Lithuania. Kaunas said a fresh rotation of American military personnel to the Baltic country remained “under review” by Washington, adding that the overarching drawdown of U.S. soldiers in Europe had led ” to a review of regional stance.”