“During a visit to Vilnius earlier this month, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to show his host country his commitment to the security of the Baltics, but caused only bewilderment,” the statement said.
The author of the article emphasized that the German chancellor promised that he would move "in the direction" of the transfer to Lithuania of a combat brigade, consisting of several thousand military personnel.
Later, writes Karnichnig, it became known that Berlin would send only the headquarters of a unit of about 50 people to Lithuania.
Earlier, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, during a visit to London, discussed with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the possibility of creating a command structure in Estonia at the level of a NATO division.