{"id":595899,"date":"2026-10-29T22:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=595899"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:49:54","slug":"lithuania-plans-to-introduce-universal-military-conscription-by-2032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/lithuania-plans-to-introduce-universal-military-conscription-by-2032","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania Plans to Introduce Universal Military Conscription by 2032"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Lithuania plans to fully transition to universal conscription of young men for compulsory initial military service in 2032. The decision was made by the State Defence Council at a meeting chaired by President <b>Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/b> on October 29.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lrp.lt\/lt\/ziniasklaidos-centras\/naujienos\/prezidentas-vadovavo-valstybes-gynimo-tarybos-posedziui\/48673\">statement<\/a> from the president&#8217;s press service, the timeline takes into account the army&#8217;s capabilities, the need to build infrastructure and train additional instructors, as well as financial resources and current priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Naus\u0117da said universal conscription should be viewed not so much as a way to increase the size of the army as an opportunity to prepare as many citizens as possible for national defence.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;We must all be prepared. This is necessary not only for defence but, most importantly, for effective deterrence,&#8221;<\/i> the president stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of National Defence and the Lithuanian Armed Forces are currently working to steadily expand the scope of compulsory initial military service.<\/p>\n<p>The council meeting also addressed the security situation, the development of an integrated air defence system, adjustments to the warning system for air attack threats, and cooperation with Ukraine&#8217;s defence industry.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, officials noted that the nature of the threats remained unchanged.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Russia&#8217;s aggressive actions are a reality we face constantly, so we must be prepared for any attacks or provocations by the Kremlin regime,&#8221;<\/i> Naus\u0117da said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the council&#8217;s assessment, the likelihood of a conventional military attack on Lithuania over the next two years remains very low. However, the risks over a three-to-five-year horizon are considered serious. The country&#8217;s main defence priorities include establishing a national division by 2030 and strengthening the protection of the state border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithuania plans to fully transition to universal conscription of young men for compulsory initial military service in 2032. The decision was made by the State Defence Council at a meeting chaired by President Gitanas Naus\u0117da on October 29. According to a statement from the president&#8217;s press service, the timeline takes into account the army&#8217;s capabilities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":518776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ae44c255e3f0.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Lithuania Plans to Introduce Universal Military Conscription by 2032"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-army"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595902,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595899\/revisions\/595902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}