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Mattis to Meet With Counterparts in Lithuania, Visit NATO Battlegroup - Pentagon

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Mattis to Meet With Counterparts in Lithuania, Visit NATO Battlegroup - Pentagon

17:23 GMT 09.05.2017

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis delivers a speech during a press conference following the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at NATO headquarter in Brussels - Sputnik International

According to a press release issued by Pentagon, the US secretary of defense has arrived in Lithuania for meetings with local officials and a visit to a NATO battlegroup deployment site.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to serve as defense secretary in Washington, U.S. January 12, 2017 - Sputnik International

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has arrived in Lithuania for meetings with local officials and a visit to a NATO battlegroup deployment site, the Department of Defense said in a release on Tuesday.

"Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania today where he will ‎meet with Baltic leaders and visit an enhanced forward presence NATO battlegroup," the release stated.

A decision of the alliance to deploy four multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland was announced by the alliance's secretary general after the NATO summit in July 2016.