Germany's new Chief of Defense, General Eberhard Zorn, on Monday visited his country's soldiers serving in NATO's multinational battalion based in Rukla, in central Lithuania.
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Members of the public will be able to watch massive military exercises to be held in Lithuania in June as part of the drills that will take place in civilian areas, the military said on Wednesday.
Lithuania is opening this year's largest national exercise Saber Strike 2017 on Friday to allow troops and officers of internal service coordinate their actions.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces and units subordinate to the Interior Ministry will train to operate jointly during Lightning Strike 2017, this year's largest national military exercise kicking off in Marijampolė and Vilkaviškis, in the southwestern part of the country, on Friday.
The first troops of the international Allied battalion should arrive in Lithuania next week, army officials said in Rukla on Wednesday.
Dutch aviators with four F-16 fighter-jets will take over the NATO Baltic air-policing mission conducted from the Šiauliai air base in Lithuania, the Alliance said.
The deployment of Patriot long-range air defence systems in Lithuania as part of NATO's multinational battalion that is to arrive in the country next year is being considered, the chief of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces said on October 20.
