on his trip, pissaro's also met his lithuanian counterpart to discuss germany's presence. here. you go with the geographic position of the baltic countries calls for a stronger presence of partners in the region to ensure effective deterrence and defense on the front lines historian says, a longer term role is not about whether germany wants to keep its troops in the country important thing is to have a unified nature strategy. the german defense minister uses every opportunity to underline that during the cold war, west germany was now toes easton flank, which is why he attributes such importance to germany's engagement in lithuania, in the baltic states. no, he says japanese engagement here is not just about helping create more security. for lithuania, the baltic states is ultimately also about creating security for germany on let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world to day. thousands of protesters have rallied in the georgia capital tbilisi as a controversial new bill passed its 1st vote and parliament. the draft law is intended to