Germany, Brigade in Lithuania: first army presence secure overseas from the put up -war interval | EUROtoday

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The German chancellor Merz presided over the deployment of a German battleship brigade in Lithuania, despatched to strengthen the jap entrance of NATO.

The choice to construct a Armored brigade of 5,000 males in Lithuania by 2027 It is a response to Vast Scala of Ukraine by Russia in 2022.

“Freedom is not free. Baltic states understood it a long time ago, when in Germany some still nourished illusions on the Putin regime. I know that these illusions have caused a lot of irritation in the Baltic countries in the past.

But I assure you that that time is over, “he mentioned Merz, who with the president Lithuanian Gitanas Niceda has handed the troops in evaluation.

“Hosting international troops on its territory just isn’t apparent, particularly right here in Lithuania. Also for us, and particularly for the Bundeswehr (armed and civil forces, ndr), today marks a step in the direction of a brand new period. Never earlier than we had completely disposed of an awesome army unit overseas, “underlined the Chancellor, who was accompanied by the German Defense Minister in Vilnius, Boris Pistorius.