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NATO combat unit in Lithuania could grow to German-led brigade in longer term - Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda visit NATO enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup German troops in Pabrade, Lithuania June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Berlin and Vilnius will take preparations to expand the multinational NATO combat unit in Lithuania to the size of a brigade eventually, the countries' leaders said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

The statement was published after a meeting of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and the Prime Ministers of Latvia and Estonia.

(Reporting by Andrius Sytas in Vilnius, editing by Sabine Siebold)

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