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Lithuania will be ready to host German brigade by 2026 - minister

FILE PHOTO: Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis speaks during Nordic-Baltic cooperation (NB8) foreign ministers meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Lithuania will build barracks, warehouses and step up investments so it can host a full brigade of German troops on its territory by 2026, its foreign minister said on Friday.

Germany said in June it was ready to ramp up its military mission in its NATO ally, part of a push by the alliance to defend its eastern borderlands with Russia in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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