German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured NATO partners in the Baltic Sea region of Germany’s reliable military defence support during a visit to the region on Monday. In Riga, Scholz also responded to Russian plans to hold tactical nuclear exercises, which has been seen in the West as an attempt at intimidation by the Kremlin. “It is always important to say loudly that nuclear weapons must not be used in this war,” Scholz said while in Riga on Monday, during his first visit to Latvia as German chancellor. In Riga, Scholz met the leaders of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. Earlier in the day, the ch…