“The longer this war continues, the greater the challenges for Ukrainians and for all of us—lives are lost, ammunition stocks are running low, and the enemy is mobilizing its allies. If Russia succeeds in achieving its goals in Ukraine, brutal aggression will continue. No illusions about that,” the Lithuanian leader underlined, calling on NATO to continue to urgently provide Ukraine with all the arms and ammunition it needs.
President Gitanas Nausėda thanked the United States of America and personally President Joe Biden for the leadership in providing comprehensive assistance to Ukraine and the resolve to continue to do so as long as necessary, and for the role the United States played in ensuring the security of the Baltic region and the entire eastern flank of NATO.
“The US role in ensuring the security of the Baltic region is enormous, and the deployment of US military forces in Lithuania is the strongest deterrent in this challenging security environment. Lithuania has always been an advocate of a strong transatlantic bond and its irreplaceability,” the President added, stressing the importance of even greater involvement and presence of NATO in the region.
Gitanas Nausėda outlined to the US and the Bucharest Nine leaders the main objectives of the NATO Summit in Vilnius this July, namely, the adoption of new regional defense plans, the reinforcement of regional air defense, and the commitment to increase the Alliance’s defense spending.
“It is the ambition of all of us to make NATO as strong as possible and its eastern borders as secure as possible,” Gitanas Nausėda pointed out.
