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The content of the meeting was commented on by Darius Kuliešius, Senior Security Policy Adviser to the President, and Arvydas Anušauskas, Minister of National Defense.
Presidency: lack of leadership
According to D. Kuliešius, senior adviser to the president, the Presidency lacks leadership in emergency management in the country: “Today, there is a lack of leadership in emergency management.”
D. Kuliešius says that much attention was paid to the concept of civil protection emergency management during the meeting.
“It was stated that the current situation in which Lithuania lives, the pandemic period, is a crisis of great magnitude. The existing civil protection system, emergency management is not efficient enough, it must be improved,” said D. Kuliešius.
According to D. Kuliešius, the decisions of the last State Defense Council have not been fully implemented. A decision is being made on how to more quickly integrate the existing two-tier emergency management system.
A civil protection bill has been drawn up which, according to the Presidency, does not solve the main problems.
Therefore, during the meeting the decision was made to develop a concept of state defense. It must be prepared and presented at the next meeting of the State Defense Council.
It is proposed to establish a National Crisis Management Center, which “could monitor all possible risks of crises and emergencies, as well as prepare them so that the preparation of all states, all municipalities is at the required level of quality.”
“Today, there is a lack of leadership in crisis and emergency management, two levels of self-government and national management are not sufficiently integrated to make effective, timely and rapid decisions, so the necessary National Center for Crisis Management it could be the solution, ”D said after the meeting. Kuliešius.
Crisis management discussed
“VGT will focus on the review of the strategic crisis management system and the guidelines for its improvement. The concept of state armed defense for 2015-2021 and the draft concept 2021-2028, priorities for the development of forces, will also be reviewed. members of the national defense system, ”the Presidency informed the SNB before the meeting.
The State Defense Council is a state institution that considers and coordinates the most important matters of State defense.
The Council is made up of the country’s president, the prime minister, the president of Seimas, the minister of National Defense and the commander of the Armed Forces.
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