Meeting Minister of National Defence of Greece Nikolaos Dendias in Vilnius today Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas addressed bilateral defence cooperation, security situation and NATO agenda. The Ministers were particularly focussed on air defence.
“An important decision was taken at the NATO Summit in Vilnius on the Rotational NATO Air Defence Model. We expect assistance from Greece in the practical implementation of it before the NATO Summit in Warsaw this summer,” said It would be an important signal about the Alliance’s commitment to strengthen deference and defence,” said A. Anušauskas.
Ministers also discussed assistance to Ukraine. ”The war in Ukraine is not over. The commitment of EU member states to support Ukraine has to be united, we support the position that the multilateral assistance to Ukraine must not dry out. I wish to thank Greece for joining the demining coalition for Ukraine that Lithuania and Iceland lead together. We need to send out a mutual message about our steadfast commitment to continue supporting Ukraine,” said A. Anušauskas.
Ministers also discussed the security situation in the South. According to A. Anušauskas, even though Lithuania’s most pressing challenges arise from the East, the situation in the South, Middle East and the Mediterranean is monitored and taken seriously: Lithuania is looking into the options of contributing to the international efforts in those regions.
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