Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured Germany’s NATO partners in the Baltic region of support during a meeting in Berlin on Thursday with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. “We are united and determined,” Scholz said, noting that the region was directly affected by Russian military activity. “The need at the moment is for de-escalation,” Scholz said, urging Russia not to underestimate the unity and steadfastness of NATO. “We take the concerns of our allies very seriously. We stand at your side. This is very important to me,” he said. “At the moment, nothing less is at stake than preventing…