Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht does not rule out sending more Bundeswehr soldiers to Lithuania.
"We are already making a very important contribution in Lithuania, where we are the only country in the EU to have a battle group," said the SPD politician to the newspapers of the Funke media group.
"Basically, troops are also ready to be reinforced, we are now in talks with Lithuania about exactly what would make sense," Lambrecht added.
In addition, Eurofighters would be deployed to Romania for air surveillance.
"Everyone in NATO can rely on us," emphasized the minister.
Shortly before Christmas, Lambrecht had visited Lithuania on NATO's eastern flank.
It was her first mission.
Germany has been the leading nation in the NATO operation in Lithuania for five years and provides around half of the 1,200 men and women in the multinational unit.
Meeting on the Ukraine Crisis
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) receives the heads of state and government of the Baltic States in Berlin on Thursday.
The focus is on the Ukraine crisis and the security situation in Eastern Europe.
Lambrecht defended the German government's no to supplying arms to Kiev in the tense situation in the Ukraine conflict.
"It has long been the clear stance of the federal government - even in previous legislative periods - that we do not deliver weapons to crisis areas in order not to escalate further there," said the minister.
"In the Ukraine conflict we have negotiating partners who have come back to the negotiating table - in the NATO-Russia Council and in the Normandy format, for example.
That's why it's now our job to de-escalate.
We want to resolve this conflict peacefully,” Lambrecht made clear.