The United States Defense Department informed several European countries last week that military aid to them under a program known as Section 333 will be completely stopped from the next fiscal year, a Lithuanian Defense Ministry official was quoted by Reuters as saying today, BTA reported.
Two sources familiar with the matter said yesterday that the United States will end certain military aid to European countries bordering Russia, raising concerns among key recipient countries such as Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
Lithuania is in talks with the US government about what military aid will continue to be provided and what will be suspended, Lithuanian Defense Ministry Policy Director Vaidotas said today Urbelis.
US President Donald Trump said meanwhile that the US appeared to "have lost" Russia and India, who have defected to China after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin this week, Reuters reported.
During the forum, the leaders of the two countries - President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi - stood side by side with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. "We appear to have lost India and Russia to the deepest, darkest China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!", Trump wrote on his social media platform "Truth Social".