Germany to boost military mission in Lithuania

GBNews24 Desk//

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country is ready to ramp up its military mission in Lithuania amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We are ready to strengthen our engagement and to develop it towards a robust combat brigade,” Scholz told reporters after meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and the prime ministers of Estonia and Latvia in Vilnius, reports Al Jazeera.

“We will defend every centimetre of NATO’s territory,” he added.

German government sources said Berlin would earmark one combat-ready brigade with some 3,000 troops that could be deployed quickly to defend Lithuania if necessary.