The universal military service restored in Lithuania in 2015 for five years will continue to act on a permanent basis based on the parliament’s decision , reports TASS. "The current geopolitical situation dictates the need to preserve the conscription,” noted the legislators .

Thus, the Lithuanian Armed Forces will pass to a mixed model. The army units will be formed based on a mixed principle – a part of the staff from recruits, the other part from the contractors. Lithuania quit the conscription in 2008 and transferred to the professional method of army creation. In 2015, due to the geopolitical situation, the compulsory military service has been restored. When the army conscription was restored, the politicians began to insist that it needs to be restored on permanent basis.