PoliticsThe President in Poland: We will continue to work together to strengthen the security of our countries and NATO’s entire eastern flank2024-03-06, 10:07On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda, together with President Andrzej Duda, observed the Polish national exercise Dragon-24 – a key element of this year’s largest NATO exercise, Steadfast Defender-24. Drawing from bitter lessons of the past, Lithuania and Poland understand that indecision, disunity, or concessions to aggressors like Russia only serve to embolden them and escalate conflicts, emphasized Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė during her meeting with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Vilnius on Monday. Hence, the shared perception of threats, bolstering regional security, and standing by Ukraine are pivotal aspects of cooperation, they both agreed. On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Ahead of the European elections on 6-9 June, Parliament President signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with EESC President Oliver Röpke. MEPs approve long-term funding for Ukraine, the “Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform” (STEP), and associated major changes to the multi-year EU budget. The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 26 - 29 February plenary session today at 16.30. Statement by the Presidents of the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission2024-02-23, 18:15Joint Statement by the Presidents of the European Union Institutions on the occasion of the 2 year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, the Internal Market Committee adopted its position on the EU Customs Code reform that will restructure the way customs authorities work in the EU. The Cyber Rapid Response Team (CRRT) of the Lithuanian-initiated CRRT and Mutual Assistance in Cyber Security project has identified its 2024 objectives to be implemented under supervision of the Ministry of National Defence. Lithuania is the standing coordinator of the project and now the chair of the project council for the second time: the responsibility is rotated annually between the nine members. A. Anušauskas underscored the importance of transatlantic unity and NATO membership signal to Ukraine in Munich2024-02-20, 17:58On February 16–17 Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas had discussions with senior policy makers, military and defence industry representative at the Munich Security Conference about the security situation of Lithuania and in the region, as well as the measures required to sustain security. The oncoming NATO Summit in Washington and assistance to Ukraine were also addressed. |
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