Nauseda said his government filed the constitutional amendment “several days ago.”
“The amendment would allow Lithuania to support and take part in NATO measures related to collective nuclear deterrence,” he said, as quoted by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
He stressed the move is “nothing to do with aggressive actions or provoking escalation” and that Lithuania currently has no direct plans to station nuclear weapons on its territory.
Earlier, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said his country is in talks with the United States about the possibility of hosting American nuclear weapons. Those discussions come amid a reduction in U.S. military presence in Europe, raising concerns about potential security gaps for NATO allies.
The Financial Times reported this week that U.S. officials are negotiating deployments of nuclear warheads and bombers to countries on NATO’s eastern flank. U.S. nuclear weapons are currently stored at bases in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands, and the UK.
The talks are taking place as about 1,000 U.S. troops are
being withdrawn from Lithuania. Kaunas said questions about a new rotation of
U.S. forces remain “under consideration” in Washington.