“The people of Lithuania know what it is like to live in the neighborhood of an aggressor, they understand the suffering and injustice Ukraine is experiencing. Lithuania fully supports Ukraine, provides and will continue to provide military, humanitarian and financial aid until victory. Ukraine is going through dark times, but the unbreakable spirit, courage and determination of the Ukrainian people is what makes you invincible. Lithuania knows that Ukraine will win,” President Gitanas Nausėda told the Chairman of Ukrainian Parliament.
The President assured the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that Lithuania, together with its allies, would continue to do its utmost to help Ukraine win this war and endure the winter.
Gitanas Nausėda and Ruslan Stefanchuk discussed the course of Russia’s war in Ukraine noting that Russia’s deliberate targeting of civilians and critical infrastructure in Ukraine is aimed at exhausting Ukraine and spreading chaos and panic in the country. This, according to Gitanas Nausėda, is yet another war crime of the Kremlin’s regime.
At the meeting, the President stressed the need to hold Russia accountable for its crimes of aggression in Ukraine and expressed Lithuania’s strong support for Ukraine’s initiative to set up a special tribunal to investigate Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine.
President Gitanas Nausėda also stressed that Russia’s “peace talks” would only give Russia the opportunity to regroup and strengthen its military capabilities instead of actually bringing peace. According to the President, the war will only end when Russia withdraws all its troops from the entire territory of Ukraine.
President Gitanas Nausėda also reiterated Lithuania’s strong support for Ukraine’s EU membership aspirations, and stressed that Lithuania was in favor of an early opening of the negotiations and a smooth negotiation process.
The meeting also discussed the NATO Summit to be held in Vilnius in 2023, where, according to the President, political cooperation between NATO and Ukraine will be one of the key issues on the agenda.
