Lithuania intends to purchase Leopard 2 German battle tanks for a new division of its army, Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas told Lithuanian television on Friday. He did not say how many tanks or which version of the Krauss-Maffei built tanks his country would purchase – or what they would cost. The contract could be signed in November, after the National Security Council has made a final decision on the purchase, Kasčiūnas said. Lithuania is a member of both NATO and the European Union. Lithuania borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and Russia’s ally Belarus. The Baltic state sees Ru…