Dovilė Šakalienė

"the best deterrent and a guarantee of security for the whole region" On this point of view, Lithuanian political parties agree, both the independent Budrys and the social democratic former Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene and the Christian Democratic former Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte agree that American troops in Lithuania are "the best deterrent and a guarantee of security for the whole region" and that, although the Baltic Security Initiative, the U.S. program for military support to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania endowed with about 200 million dollars annually, is essential, the fundamental goal is to maintain the presence of American troops. #Lituania #OTAN #SeguridadEuropea (translated)

Rational thinking has never been a priority in Russia. Shakaliiene specifically raised the following question: Why is Kaliningrad even Russian territory? The former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, Ben Hodges, the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, and the former Minister of Defense of Lithuania, Dovile Shakaliiene, believe that NATO should pay more attention to the Russian military units stationed in the Kaliningrad region. We should not assume there are things they would never dare to do. #НАТО #Калининград #Русия (translated)

It is very clearly stated that the enemy's forces should be destroyed, that there should be actions in enemy territory, and that the enemy's attempt to escalate should also end with the destruction of everything that supports its military forces," said former Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė. #NATO #Rusija #saugumas (translated)