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Lithuania already has deployed military instructors to Ukraine.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Commenting on Latvia\u2019s plan to raise its defense expenditure, Bergmanis said he hoped his country will &#8220;be able to take great strides ahead just like our neighbors did.&#8221;<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Under the plan, Riga is to increase its defense spending to 2 percent of its GDP by 2018, the Latvian Defence Ministry said in a statement.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Other issues discussed by the two officials during a recent meeting\u00a0included a project to set up a mid-range air defense system to be <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">jointly <\/span>operated by Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> At the meeting, Olekas said some of the major areas for improving defense cooperation between the Baltic states include\u00a0&#8220;countering hybrid threats and stepping up cooperation with Poland and the Nordic countries,&#8221; according to a statement released by the Lithuanian Defence Ministry.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> The meeting in Vilnius marked Bergmanis\u2019 first foreign visit in his capacity as defence minister. He was appointed to head the ministry by the country\u2019s parliament earlier this month, replacing Raimonds Vejonis, who was elected Latvia\u2019s president. Both politicians are from the <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">co-ruling <\/span>Latvian Green Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:jadamowski@defensenews.com\">jadamowski@defensenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvia\u2019s and Lithuania\u2019s defence ministers have announced plans to increase the two countries\u2019 defense spending to 2 percent and 1.5 percent of their GDPs, 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