#DEFENSE POLICY

Newly appointed Lithuanian Minister of Defense, Laurynas Kasčiūnas. Photo: Augustas Didžgalvis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lithuanian president appoints new defense minister

Laurynas Kasčiūnas’s nomination was presented to the president by PM Ingrida Šimonytė last week after the previous minister of defense resigned at her request.