Seimas holds closed session: security situation, military needs to be presented

After a break of almost 34 years, a closed plenary session is being held in the Seimas on Tuesday, which will present the security situation in the region and the world, as well as the related needs of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

The members of the Seimas gathered for a closed session on Tuesday, where politicians were briefed on the security situation in the region and in the world, and the related needs of the Lithuanian military. Such a meeting was held after a break of almost 34 years and is organized for Lithuania with the intention of significantly increasing funding for national defense.

Seimas Speaker Saulius Skvernelis says that after the closed Seimas session, all parliamentarians will have the same information on the security situation and will be able to base their decisions on it. “(Members of the Seimas – BNS) are in the same field of knowledge as everyone else and will be able to make decisions, for example, on the same sanctions that they voted for on Thursday for various reasons,” S. Skvernelis told reporters in the S…

In the face of the tense situation on the international stage, speculations about the return to universal military service or other possible solutions are increasingly common in the media.