By Milda Vilikanskytė, Evaldas Labanauskas, LRT.lt from Brussels.

Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas, Director General of NATO’s International Military Staff, has told LRT that the Alliance is preparing to respond to a changing security and geopolitical landscape. He says disagreements among allies over Greenland – like debates over the proposed military training area in Kapčiamiestis, Lithuania – are likely to be resolved, but that time is needed.

General, let me start with current affairs – the Arctic, and Greenland in particular. How do you see the situation around Greenland? The United States has its position, Europe has its own – but what is NATO’s position?

I would start by saying that this is, first and foremost, a matter of bilateral relations between two states. Each side has its own position and its own views.

Consultations are under way within NATO. Of course, these discussions take place behind closed doors, between ambassadors and military representatives, but they are happening, and I believe they are fostering greater understanding and pragmatism.

I am confident that we will arrive at a straightforward compromise that will be beneficial for the Alliance as a whole, for Europe, and for the United States itself.

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