Lithuania would consider assisting the United States in a military operation against Iran and could even send troops, if Washington made such a request, a senior presidential adviser said Tuesday.
Asta Skaisgirytė, chief foreign policy adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda, said Lithuania has not received any request from the US to contribute troops.
“So far, we do not have such a request, and of course, if we received such a request, we would consider it together with other allies,” Skaisgirytė told the radio Žinių Radijas.
She emphasised that any discussion of sending Lithuanian forces remains hypothetical.
Skaisgirytė also opined that the US and Israel were justified in carrying out strikes against Iran, describing the move as unavoidable because of Tehran’s position on nuclear weapons development.
“Unfortunately, Iran did not take into account US demands to stop enriching uranium, to stop producing nuclear weapons, and preventive strikes occurred,” she said in the radio interview. “We believe that the US and Israel acted correctly in this case and we consider it an unavoidable matter.”
The US and Israel launched strikes against Iran over the weekend. Iran responded with attacks on American military bases in the Middle East.
The campaign against Iran began after Washington announced a lack of progress in ongoing negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear and missile program.
Iran had acceded to a nuclear deal (JCPOA) in 2015 that would have limited its nuclear program, but the US withdrew from it in 2018 under the first administration of President Donald Trump and reimposed sanctions.
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