German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (C) talks to reporters together with Bundeswehr soldiers of the German Enhanced Forward Presence Deployment Contingent at Rukla in a Leoprd 2 tank during a visit to NATO partner Lithuania. Kay Nietfeld/dpaGerman Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Lithuania on Monday for a visit to a German forward unit in the Baltic republic followed by talks with government leaders, his ministry announced in Berlin.
Pistorius landed in Kaunas to visit German troops in the upgraded NATO Forward Presence unit in Rukla in the center of the country. Germany has maintained a combat brigade in Lithuania since autumn last year in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Pistorius will travel to Vilnius on Tuesday for political talks.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (L) meets Bundeswehr soldiers of the German Enhanced Forward Presence Deployment Contingent in Rukla in a Leoprd 2 tank during their visit to NATO partner Lithuania. Kay Nietfeld/dpa
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (L) welcomed by the Defense Attaché of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lithuania, Lieutenant Colonel Konstantin Bellini upon his arrival on the Air Force Airbus A321 in Kaunas. Kay Nietfeld/dpa
