LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO ISAF OPLAN ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 000757 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2018 TAGS: MOPS MARR NATO AF LH SUBJECT: LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO ISAF OPLAN ON CN REF: STATE 96741 Classified By: DCM Damian R. Leader for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) MoND Undersecretary Andrius Krivas told Post September 11 that the Lithuanians are still considering their position on authorizing ISAF to participate in drug interdiction activity in Afghanistan (reftel). He did speculate however that if they agree to it, Lithuanian SOF operating in the south would take part but personnel at the Lithuanian-operated PRT in Ghor province would not -- Krivas said the PRT would be "too exposed" to retribution. ¶2. (C) U/S Krivas also said he appreciated that we are not proposing ISAF participate in crop eradication, something that would run counter to Lithuanian troops' current operating policy for Afghanistan. ¶3. (C) U/S Krivas promised to relay our position on ISAF CN activity to MajGen Vaiksnoras, Lithuania's probable representative to the NATO Chiefs of Defense meeting September 12 in Brussels. CLOUD