Lithuania weighs constitutional change to allow nuclear weapons storage

Lithuania is currently in a kind of grey zone within NATO's framework, says Nauseda.

It would be truly disappointing if we were a weak link or a grey area.

The country wants to strengthen its defences against Russia due to rising tensions along NATO's eastern flank since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over four years ago.

There are no plans to store nuclear weapons in peacetime, says Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas.

But we must be prepared so that we can act as a deterrent against the backdrop of NATO's overall deterrence, and protect Lithuania from possible aggression, he says.