Minister of National Defence Robertas Kaunas met with Japanese, South Korean, Polish, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish and other Allied counterparts at the NATO Summit in Ankara.
At the meetings, cooperation in the area of defence industry, air defence capabilities and cyber security where discussed, further information and experience exchange was agreed on.
“Both NATO Allies and our partners face similar threats, so I have accentuated the need for a fair burden-sharing thus ensuring security of population Alliance-wide,” said Minister R. Kaunas after the meetings.
Minister also pointed out the change in the direction of putin’s war in Ukraine, the conclusion of which will determine the future of European and global security.
“We need to step the assistance to Ukraine, strengthen the pressure on moscow and force putin to the negotiations table,” said Minister of National Defence.
According to Minister, the aggressor russia would not be able to continue the war in Ukraine without China’s, Iran’s and South Korea’s backing, while this same authoritarian partnership posed a threat to the stability of the Indo-Pacific too, besides fuelling the war in Europe. Therefore, according to the Minister, Lithuania will continue developing the cooperation with the democratic countries in the region.
“Our cyber team area already training with the Australians, Japanese, Koreans and Zealanders in the joint cyber defence exercise, we also trained in a joint team with Japan in NATO Exercise Locked Shields,” said R. Kaunas.
