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

VILNIUS (Reuters) – 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)