On December 10 – 16 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled four times to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

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On December 13 Vice Minister of National Vytautas Umbrasas took part in the “Defence Hybrid Warfare in the Black Sea: Romania, Europe, and NATO Collective Responses” Conference organised by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Romania’s Ministry of National Defence.

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On December 11 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis met with the new Ambassador of Canada in Lithuania, HE Kevin Rex.

“We thank Canada for strengthening our regional security, contribution to the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Latvia and the NATO Force Integration Unit in Vilnius,” Minister R. Karoblis said and invited Canada to also join activities of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. 

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On December 3 – 9 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled three times to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

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On December 4-8 Vice Minister of National Defence Vytautas Umbrasas conducted a visit to the United States of America and met with representatives of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Pentagon, and took part in a table-top exercise organised by the Ministry of National Defence and the Atlantic Council Think-Tank.

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On December 6 Vice Minister of National Defence Edvinas Kerza, Chief of the Defence Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Maj Gen Vitalijus Vaikšnoras and Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Robertas Šapronas took part in the DV Day of Exercise  Anakonda-18 in Poland.  

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