Membership of NATO is the impulse for reforms

ENThe admission of new states into this organisation will further strengthen the role of NATO in the world. Lithuania and other invited states will come to NATO with actual economic, social and defensive potential, new thinking and ideas about various aspects of the European defence and security policy that they will stand for as members of NATO and the EU. The invitation to NATO is not the end of the integration into the Alliance - strengthening of security is a continuous process, not a finite act. The consideration of defence policy perspectives of Lithuania as a NATO member must first of all involve international security environment after this stage of enlargement. NATO membership is not only a positive evaluation of our reforms but also a stimulus for further change of our defence system taking due consideration of the reality of our geopolitical position. There are no doubts that NATO membership will definitely influence relationships of Lithuania with other NATO members as well as the EU and CIS states at the same time providing stability and confidence in the erratic world.