Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda agreed with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the deployment of German troops.
At the beginning of next year, the deployment of the German military brigade in Lithuania will begin. Earlier, the Bundeswehr committed itself to increasing its military presence in this country. On Monday, January 28, LRT reports.
A Lithuanian-German joint working group is currently working on a plan for the deployment of a military brigade.
“By the end of this quarter, we will have a plan. I am convinced that we will go to the implementation phase at the beginning of 2024. We must prepare the appropriate conditions. I, the minister and the political leadership are interested in this happening as soon as possible,” he said. Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer.
Since 2017, Germany has been leading the international NATO battalion in Lithuania. The Bundeswehr intends to grow this unit to the size of a brigade.
Let’s add that the average size of a brigade is from 1,000 to 8,000 people, but sometimes more.
Notably, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland discussed scenarios for closing the borders with Belarus.
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