VILNIUS, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The German 45th Armored Brigade "Lietuva" was officially inaugurated on Thursday afternoon in Lithuania, marking the first permanent deployment of a full German military brigade outside national borders since World War II.
The ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials, including Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Lithuania's Minister of National Defence Dovile Sakaliene, and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius.
