The security of NATO allies is also our security and “an attack on the Baltics would be an attack on all of us”, which must not be allowed, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed at a press conference in Riga on Monday after talks between the heads of government of the Baltic States and Germany.
The German Chancellor assessed that the security situation on NATO’s eastern flank – the Baltics – remains tense, so it is important to show that allies continue to support the strengthening of security, including by deploying more military forces in the Baltic States. Scholz noted that 35,000 German rapid reaction troops would be ready to provide immediate support to their allies in an emergency.
Scholz reaffirmed Germany’s commitment to defend any NATO country “from the first centimeter” should such a threat arise. At the same time, the European Union must increase its own security and armaments production capacity for its own needs.
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