Germany's Scholz vows to strengthen NATO's eastern flank

08.06.2022, 11:03 dw.com

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Lithuania for security talks with the leaders of three Baltic states. Their meetings have centered around defensive strategies amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.   German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday arrived in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on his first official visit to a NATO country bordering Russia since the war in Ukraine started. Scholz met with the heads of government of the Baltic states to discuss the state of security on NATO's eastern flank. The three Baltic countries all border Russia, and Latvia and Lithuania border Russian ally Belarus. Thousands of NATO soldiers, including German soldiers, are stationed in this region.