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epa11265281 German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) Army Chief of Staff Alfons Mais (R) gestures next to Lithuanian Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupsys (2-R), German ambassador to Lithuania Cornelius Zimmermann (3-R) and Lithuania's Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas (L), during a press conference after the landing of a pre-command of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) 'Brigade Lithuania' in Vilnius, Lithuania, 08 April 2024. After the German Minister of Defense's official farewell, about 20 German soldiers of the 'Brigade Lithuania' were deployed to Vilnius in Lithuania, where Lithuania's Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas welcomed them. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN