Lithuanian FM on Europe's role in ending Russia's war

Lithuanian FM on Europe's role in ending Russia's war

The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell sat down with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys during his visit to Kyiv on April 1 to discuss the future of Europe during U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, whether European sanctions remain an effective instrument to stop Russia’s war against Ukraine, and Lithuania's contribution to the "coalition of the willing."

Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys, who is visiting Kiev on Tuesday, says it is Lithuania's duty to convince its allies in Europe to do more.

Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys says that the cross-border cooperation demonstrated during the rescue operation at the Pabradė training ground could become an important argument in negotiations on the presence of more American troops in Lithuania.

It is unlikely that Europe will be able to completely replace the US aid to Ukraine. Since there are critical supplies that Europe has no substitute for. This opinion was expressed by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. "There are critical supplies that we have no substitute for, and we all know what they are. That is why we must continue to cooperate with the US," he says. Another thing, according to th…

Lithuania will join all international initiatives and coalitions that strengthen Ukraine, says visiting Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys. “Only a peace based on respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, while maintaining all its borders recognized by international treaties, will be just and sustainable. Lithuania will join all international initiatives and coalitions that strengthen Ukraine,” the head of Lithuanian diplomacy …

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