{"id":46437,"date":"2026-03-23T14:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/46437\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:17:36","slug":"poland-backs-lithuania-training-plans-but-rules-out-own-border-range-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/46437\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland backs Lithuania training plans but rules out own border range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement, the ministry said the Polish armed forces already have sufficient training grounds and have no current plans to construct a facility along the Lithuanian border.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Warsaw signalled willingness to support Lithuania\u2019s project. It said a standing declaration remains in place to assist Lithuanian forces with infrastructure expertise and that Polish troops would take part in exercises there if invited.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The comments shift the focus from earlier suggestions by Deputy Defence Minister Pawe\u0142 Bejda, which had triggered political tensions in Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said the project for a training ground near the Polish border remains under development, while domestic political disagreements have intensified, with opposition figures accusing the government of mishandling the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania\u2019s government this week backed the creation of a new training area near the Polish frontier as part of broader efforts to strengthen regional defence cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(tf)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Source: PAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement, the ministry said the Polish armed forces already have sufficient training grounds and have no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[171,170],"class_list":{"0":"post-46437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vilnius","8":"tag-lithuania","9":"tag-vilnius"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116278922137113639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}