Representatives of the Baltic States were not invited to the Sunday Peak in London. The Prime Minister of Great -Britain Keir Star apologized for these leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
“Great dissatisfaction” had to be expressed by the President of Lithuania due to the lack of invitation to the event. Gitanas NaUUSEDA appealed to unity and increased defense expenditure, the use of frozen Russian assets, as well as the regulation of war crimes in Ukraine.
The peak of European leaders, who takes place on Sunday in Britain, is an opportunity to take action in the direction of ‘honest and sustainable peace in Ukraine’.
Prime Minister of Groot -Britain: this will no longer happen
The head of the British government a few hours before the start of the top made a telephone conversation with the President of Lithuania Gitanas Naeda, Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Silina and Estonia President Alarem Karis.
“NaUUSEDA expressed great dissatisfaction because of the lack of invitation to London,” said Asta Skaisgiryte, an adviser to the President Van Lithuania, in an interview with LRT Public Television. As she emphasized: “Prime Minister Starmer started a conversation with an apology and promised that such a situation would no longer happen.”
The office of the President of Lithuania has issued a message in which Gitanas Nausseda drawn attention to the actions of Russia. The leader pointed out that “the threats as a result of the actions of the aggressor on the eastern NATO flank require that the alliance, the credibility of the collective defense and the effectiveness of the deterrence principle.”
What was the conversation with Starmer?
The announcement indicates that during a telephone conversation prior to the top in London, representatives of states discussed about transatlantic cooperation within NATO, as well as the need to “increase Europe’s contribution to the security architecture of the Alliance”.
NaUUSEDA emphasized that European countries should increase defense costs. As he noticed, the new budget goal should be 5 percent. Gbp.
The President of Lithuania reminded the recent decision of the Lithuanian National Defense Council, according to whose country is planning to spend on the Ministry of Defense from 5 percent. Up to 6 percent GDP in the coming years.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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