{"id":141146,"date":"2025-06-03T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141146\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-zapad-2025-no-big-threat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141146\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian PM: Zapad-2025 no big threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

June 3, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has dismissed concerns about the joint military exercise, Zapad-2025, that Minsk and Moscow are planning for early September, LRT<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paluckas told lawmakers today that the preparations were being monitored by NATO intelligence agencies, not just Vilnius. All sources shared the conclusion that the maneuvers are not a cause for concern in terms of its scale and other parameters, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did not commit to Ukraine’s recent warnings and called on the Lithuanian public not to be anxious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His comments come days after the Belarusian defense minister indicated that Minsk and Moscow might scale down the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move should reaffirm Minsk\u2019s commitment to dialogue, compromise and reduction of tensions, demonstrating \u201cthe true peace-loving position\u201d of Belarus to allies and partners around the world, Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin said on May 27 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At today\u2019s session of the Lithuanian Seimas, Giedrimas Jeglinskas, chairman of the parliamentary committee for national security, echoed Paluckas. Lithuania and NATO are perfectly aware of the developments in Belarus, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, no signs indicate that Russia or Belarus could carry out a conventional attack on NATO countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some analysts speculated that Minsk and Moscow have scaled down the drill because Russia’s forces are stretched thin by the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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