War in Ukraine – Lithuania said that NATO permission is not needed to send Western troops – UNIAN
According to the diplomat, these could be national decisions, a group of countries or a coalition.
Lithuanian Ambassador to NATO Deividas Matulionis said that Vilnius supports Paris’s idea regarding the possible sending of troops of Western states to Ukraine.
In a commentary to Radio Liberty, he noted that if France makes such a decision, it does not need the Alliance’s permission for this.
“These could be national decisions, a group of countries, a coalition that wants to join this initiative. It is not necessary to have agreement or a NATO label,” the diplomat explained.
At the same time, Matulionis admitted that so far sending Western troops to Ukraine is “only an idea” for which different countries have different proposals. However, the ambassador suggests that…
