VILNIUS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The arrival of roughly 200 Norwegian soldiers in Lithuania means the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battalion has been fully deployed in the country, according to news agency Elta.
According to the Lithuanian defense ministry, the soldiers from the Norwegian Armed Forces arrived at Kaunas Airport on Monday evening to join the NATO eFP Battalion based in Rukla.
"As of this moment, the battle group is fully manned," said Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Richter, commander of the public affairs division of the NATO eFP Battalion Battle Group.
Besides the Norwegian soldiers, the NATO battalion in Lithuania currently consists of over 450 German soldiers, 100 Belgian, and 250 Dutch troops.
The deployment of the NATO multinational battalion is conducted under agreement by NATO allies made at the summit in Warsaw last year.
