Germany will need thousands more troops under new NATO targets, says defence minister

FILE PHOTO: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius attends a welcome ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Germany will need around 50,000 to 60,000 additional active troops under the new NATO targets, German defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels.

Pistorius added that NATO should make clear in its summit declaration that Russia is its greatest threat.

(Reporting by Sabine Siebold and Benoit Van Overstreaten; Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Makini Brice)