On April 18 soldiers of the 3rd Mechanised Infantry Company of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion left for the United Kingdom to train in a two-week exercise of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Joint Warrior 18.1. Lithuanians will train in the exercise in a training area in Salisbury Plain together with soldiers from other JEF-contributing countries: Denmark, Estonia, UK, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden.

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On April 21, Saturday, the unique, only, and already traditional Runway Run 2018 will take place at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai. The run is dedicated to the14th anniversary of the membership in NATO, the world’s strongest defensive Alliance,  Lithuania celebrated on March 29.

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On April 17 Colonel Mukhan Zhassuzakov was accredited as Defence Attaché of Kazakhstan to Lithuania. He was welcomed by Vice Minister of National Defence Vytautas Umbrasas.

“We appreciate the decision of the Government of Kazakhstan to appoint the first ever Defence Attaché to Lithuania and we are looking forward to that giving an impetus to further bilateral cooperation,” Vice Minister V. Umbrasas said at the accreditation ceremony. Lithuania’s interest in Kazakhstan has been represented by a Defence Attaché since 2008, since 2016 the Defence Attaché of the Republic of Lithuania to Kazakhstan is based in Beijing, China.

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On April 9-15 NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Ari Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled four times to intercept military aircraft pf the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

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On April 12-13 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis took part in the Kyiv Security Forum, an event for addressing regional security and measures for discontinuing the Russian aggression in Ukraine.“Lithuania and the international community understand the importance of Ukraine for the security of the entire Europe and support Ukraine’s democratic reforms and force transformation to comply with NATO standards. By that Lithuania also invites allies to give more strategic focus to Ukraine, including practical assistance and provision of weapons,” Minister R. Karoblis said in one of the sessions.

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On April 11-12 Swiss and Austrian arms control inspectors conducted a verification visit of a chosen area in Lithuania under the Vienna Document 2011 of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

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