{"id":25417,"date":"2022-02-07T07:12:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T07:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/germany-no-longer-neutral-in-war-chancellor-scholz-we-will-send-troops-to-the-baltic-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T07:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T07:12:15","slug":"germany-no-longer-neutral-in-war-chancellor-scholz-we-will-send-troops-to-the-baltic-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/germany-no-longer-neutral-in-war-chancellor-scholz-we-will-send-troops-to-the-baltic-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany no longer neutral in war \/ Chancellor Scholz: We will send troops to the Baltic countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"firstP\">\n<p>Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that Germany was prepared to send additional troops to the Baltic states, ahead of a key trip to Washington, where he will seek to strengthen his influence in the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>&#8220;We are prepared to do whatever is necessary to strengthen Germany&#8217;s presence in NATO operations in the Baltic.&#8221;<\/em>said Scholz in an interview with the ARD news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Germany is leading a NATO operation in Lithuania and has about 500 troops stationed there.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the reinforcements could be agreed at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in mid-February, Scholz said: &#8220;We are ready to make a decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht had earlier said in an interview with the media group Funke that Germany was prepared to strengthen its presence in Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN<em>In principle, troops are available for reinforcements and we are now in talks with Lithuania about what exactly would be useful<\/em>Said Lambrecht.<\/p>\n<p>The promise comes amid growing fears that Russia may be preparing to invade Ukraine, with the West accusing President Vladimir Putin of amassing more than 100,000 troops at the border.<\/p>\n<p>As Scholz faces growing criticism of Germany&#8217;s seemingly neutral stance on the crisis, he will travel to Washington for his chancellor&#8217;s first meeting with US President Joe Biden on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz, who succeeded veteran German leader Angela Merkel, on Sunday doubled Germany&#8217;s refusal to send deadly weapons to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>top channel<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar ajaxurl = \"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Google Analytics\n\t\twindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n\t\tfunction gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n\t\tgtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>\t\tgtag('config', 'UA-7855069-1');<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Facebook\n\t\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\t\tappId      : '1715618661991455',\n\t\t\t\txfbml      : true,\n\t\t\t\tversion    : 'v2.10'\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\tFB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n\t\t};<\/p>\n<p>\t\t(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); 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