““During the meeting, further inter-parliamentary cooperation, Lithuania’s support for the peace formula and the victory plan were discussed””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I met with the Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Saulius Skvernialis. I appreciate that the visit to Kyiv is one of the first after being elected as the head of the Seimas. This is a confirmation that after the elections, supra-party support for Ukraine remains,” Stefanchuk said.
According to him, “during the meeting, further interparliamentary cooperation, Lithuania’s support for the peace formula and the victory plan were discussed.”
Stefanchuk noted that he expressed gratitude for the military, humanitarian and political assistance that Lithuania has provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war.
“Separately, he emphasized the importance of strengthening sanctions against Russia and using the frozen assets of the aggressor for the reconstruction of Ukraine. After all, Western components are still found in Russian drones,” he emphasized.
Stefanchuk also noted that he “showed the Lithuanian delegation the consequences of the Russian attack on the center of Kyiv on January 1.”
“I heard an assurance from a colleague that Lithuania remains a strategic partner of Ukraine in the struggle for sovereignty and independence, will in the future allocate 0.25% of its GDP for support, as well as in our European integration course,” he noted.
According to Stefanchuk, “the head of the Seimas assured him that Lithuania will remain Ukraine’s advocate in the international arena, and Russia must be punished”, the West should have no illusions that the aggressor country will get fed up and stop on its own.”
Earlier, on November 23, Ukraine and Lithuania signed a memorandum that provides for the financing of Ukrainian long-range drones. This is a long-term agreement, within the framework of which the first tranche of 10 million euros has already been agreed. Lithuania directs these funds to the production of Ukrainian long-range weapons, in particular the “Palyanytsia” project.
Lithuania is one of the leaders in the amount of aid to Ukraine, as well as in terms of spending on defense – this year it has already allocated 3.2% of its GDP for these purposes, which exceeds NATO’s figure of 2%.