The meetings focused on Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and assistance to Ukraine, preparations for the next NATO Summit in Madrid, cooperation within the European Union, bilateral relations, and the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Luxembourg.
Landsbergis highlighted the need to maximally increase the overall pressure on Russia and to already help Ukraine in every possible way. “We need to clearly say what we see: Russia is carrying out a genocide of civilians in Ukraine, so we must respond appropriately. Russia must lose. This war in Ukraine must be ended," the Foreign Minister said. “Simultaneously, it is high time we started thinking about the reconstruction of Ukraine. The part of the civilisation that has been destroyed in Mariupol cannot be restored, but we must help Ukrainians build a new life," Landsbergis said.
Landsbergis thanked the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and representatives of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg for the deployment of the country’s troops in the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Lithuania, stressed the need to change the concept of the defence of NATO's eastern flank in view of a significantly changed reality since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. “In the past, we could only feel or guess that Russia would take brutal military action against neighbouring countries. Today, all red lines are crossed. Bearing this in mind, specific NATO decisions on the defence of its eastern flank are more important than ever before. Europe needs a new security architecture,” the Foreign Minister said, stressing that Lithuania expected that appropriate decisions would be taken at the NATO Summit in Madrid.
“The people of Lithuania have rallied, donating huge sums of money to help Ukraine. We are doing our best to ensure that Ukrainian refugees can feel safe in Lithuania,” Landsbergis said.
On 2 July 1992, Lithuania and Luxembourg de facto re-established their diplomatic relations, when Lithuania's Ambassador Pranas Kūris, who resided in Brussels, Belgium, presented his letters of credence to the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.
