Lithuania's president calls for more NATO troops

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Vilnius, Lithuania April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

VILNIUS (Reuters) - NATO should increase its deployment of troops in Lithuania and elsewhere on Europe's eastern flank following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania's president told Germany's foreign minister during a meeting in Vilnius on Friday.

NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence Battalion should be transformed into "at least" the size of a brigade, while air defences should be improved, President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement.