Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to defend Germany’s three Baltic NATO allies in case of a Russian attack, and to complete the establishment of a permanent brigade in Lithuania by the end of 2027.
“Germany stands firmly at the side of the Baltic states,” Scholz told reporters Monday during a visit to a German tank battalion stationed in Lithuania, his third trip to the region since taking office in 2021.
“We are committed to each other, that is part of the understandings we have reached in Nato,” Scholz said. “And that means that we grant each other protection and that all states can rely on us to defend every inch of their territory.” Speaking alongside Scholz, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda urged Germany to speed up the deployment, given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and threats against other former Soviet states.Sending a brigade to the Baltic States is part of Scholz’s “historic turning point” in military policy, which he proclaimed in a speech to parliament only a few days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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