On November 21 the Lithuanian-German Work Group held a meeting and agreed on action model, work timetable, discussion on intermediary results, joint training and formation of specialist-level sub-groups for military infrastructure needs. The Group was formed to facilitate more deployment of German troops on the ground in Lithuania.
In June this year President of Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda and Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz declared in a communique that the number of German troops in Lithuania would be increased. The decision to from a joint Lithuanian-German Work Group to implement the decision this fall.
Vice Minister of National Defence Vilius Semeška said after the Work Group’s meeting in Berlin it had been productive. “The goal of the Work Group is to strengthen military capabilities in Lithuanian and the Eastern flank of NATO. We seek to have as many combat-ready German troops with cutting-edge equipment in Lithuania as possible. To achieve that we need a coordinated action plan, we are designing and will develop the missing infrastructure in Lithuania. We have a lot to do but the most important part of it is that Germany stands by its commitment to Lithuania and invests in military infrastructure in Rukla,” says Vice Minister Vilius Semeška.
The current action plan foresees the military infrastructure needed in Lithuania in place and fully ready to host a brigade-sized unit by 2026.
Photo: courtesy of the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany
