{"id":3998,"date":"2026-05-07T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:05:10","slug":"lithuania-and-poland-offer-to-host-more-us-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/lithuania-and-poland-offer-to-host-more-us-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania and Poland Offer to Host More US Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Presidents of Poland and Lithuania\u2014Karol Nawrocki and Gitanas Naus\u0117da\u2014at the Brave Griffin 2026 military exercise | Photo source: Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania<\/a> | Official photography by Robertas Da\u010dkus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania and Poland have officially announced their readiness to host additional US troops<\/strong>, seeking to maintain American influence in the region. Leadership in both countries stated they would welcome U.S. military personnel on their territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuanian President\u2019s Statement: US Troops in Europe<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/strong> told reporters that keeping Washington\u2019s attention on Eastern Europe is essential for global security<\/a>. He said European NATO allies must ensure the U.S. does not shift its focus away from the continent. Naus\u0117da stated that troops potentially withdrawn from Germany should remain in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lithuanian head of state confirmed that the country is prepared to accept additional allied forces during any global rotation. Naus\u0117da noted that Lithuania expects the arrival of 5,000 German troops by the end of 2027. Currently, more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers are stationed in the country. The president said Vilnius can host more allied troops and is committed to meeting all requirements for preparing military infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland in Direct Talks with Washington<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Polish leadership is taking similar steps. Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski<\/strong> noted that 10,000 U.S. troops\u2014equivalent to two heavy brigades\u2014are already stationed in Poland. He stated that the Polish government would be glad to see more American soldiers, regardless of where they are relocated from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We believe the status of forces agreement is beneficial for the U.S. because we support their presence, allocating $15,000 per soldier. We invite them here, where a real threat exists 250 km away,” Sikorski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense Minister W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz<\/strong> confirmed on May 6 that Warsaw is in substantive negotiations with the United States regarding the retention and expansion of the American contingent in Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplomatic efforts are being supported by high-level contacts. Polish President Karol Nawrocki<\/strong> held a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump. A key topic of the call was the future of the American military presence in European countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEWSROOM IN<\/a> notes<\/strong>: U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed the withdrawal of part of the American contingent from Germany<\/strong> and mentioned potential reductions in Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary reports indicate the reduction will primarily affect a U.S. Army mechanized brigade currently stationed in Vilseck<\/strong>, Bavaria. The Pentagon has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 troops<\/strong>. Trump stated the reduction would be “much more than 5,000.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pentagon data shows that approximately 68,000 U.S. military personnel were permanently stationed in Europe at the end of 2025, with 36,400 of them in Germany. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall<\/a> in 1985 and the end of the Cold War, approximately 250,000 American soldiers were stationed in West Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lithuania and Poland have officially announced their readiness to host additional US troops, seeking to maintain American influence in the region. Leadership in both countries stated they would welcome U.S. military personnel on their territory. Lithuanian President\u2019s Statement: US Troops in Europe Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da told reporters that keeping Washington\u2019s attention on Eastern Europe [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_newsroomin_seo_keywords":"","_newsroomin_seo_lead_override":"","_newsroomin_disable_ads":false,"_newsroomin_is_archived":"","_newsroomin_tooltips":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,64,141],"tags":[16,35,48,1344,100],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lithuania","category-poland","category-usa","tag-european-union","tag-lithuania","tag-poland","tag-us-military","tag-usa"],"tooltips":[],"newsroomin_tooltips":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}