German defence minister in Lithuania for talks and visit to troops

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrived Lithuania on Monday for a visit to a forward German unit in the Baltic republic followed by talks with government leaders, his ministry announced in Berlin.
Pistorius landed in Kaunas to pay a visit to German troops in NATO's enhanced Forward Presence unit in Rukla in the centre of the country. Germany has maintained a combat brigade in Lithuania since the autumn of last year in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Pistorius is to travel on to Vilnius on Tuesday for political talks.