(ANSA) - VILNIUS, AUG 16 - The United States is reportedly stepping up pressure on the Lithuanian government to have the Baltic country withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as part of a campaign aimed at securing the withdrawal from the ICC of all states on whose territory U.S. troops are stationed. This was reported by the website of Lithuanian state television, LRT, citing confidential sources. According to the sources cited, the United States did not, however, threaten to withdraw its troops if Vilnius refused. In recent years, Lithuania has repeatedly supported the work of the ICC, with particular emphasis on the need for the war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine to be recognized and punished at the international level. (ANSA).