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“Before the meeting, we talked about the fact that the US soldiers who will replace (currently – ELTA) those from Lithuania are from Philadelphia, and in Philadelphia, as we know, there is a large Lithuanian community. Even today, there are Lithuanian beer bars, and President Biden is very famous in Philadelphia, his homeland there. This relationship with Lithuania may be a bit unexpected, but normal in the American context. On that occasion, we said that beer should be drunk in those bars, of course, with laughter, “A. Skaisgirytė told” Žinių radio “, noting that G. Nausėda and J. Biden had not communicated for the first time.
“It is the first physical exam, but it was not their first meeting.
“President Biden has already attended two other multilateral meetings: one with the EU leaders and the other with the ninth NATO leaders from Bucharest on the eastern flank,” he said.
During the NATO summit in Brussels on Monday, J. Biden met with the leaders of the Baltic states. For the leaders of the three Baltic states, the US president emphasized the support and determination of the United States to contribute to credible deterrence and defense in the face of growing geopolitical tensions on the eastern flank of NATO.
Skaisgirytė: the geopolitical situation in the region was one of the reasons for organizing the NATO summit in Lithuania
Asta Skaisgirytė, the head of the presidential foreign policy group, believes that to convince the leaders of the member states that in Lithuania in 2023. the NATO summit could have helped, and the tense situation in Eastern Europe could have helped. However, the president’s senior adviser says that Lithuania has been working determinedly towards this goal for a year and a half.
“The idea of holding such a meeting in Vilnius was not born yesterday, it was born about a year and a half ago. It must be said that our politicians and diplomats supported, there was a complete consensus that Lithuania deserves such a meeting, so we must work together to convince our allies. It seems to have been successful. This is also recorded in writing, because when it is enshrined in communication, it is like a written agreement, a certain guarantee, ”A. Skaisgirytė told News Radio on Tuesday.
The President’s Advisor regards the support expressed by NATO leaders for organizing a meeting in Lithuania in two years’ time as a sign of solidarity and support.
“Has the changing geopolitical situation helped? It probably is, because all the allies who spoke yesterday around the table stressed that we live in such a rapidly changing environment. Russia, as it was aggressive, that level of aggression is not diminishing (. ..), that environment in Eastern Europe is not very safe, so it makes sense to meet in Lithuania, in the Baltic region, to show solidarity, “said the president’s adviser.
He noted that the consent of the state leaders basically means that Lithuania meets the requirements for meetings at this level, but in preparation for the meeting, certain preparations will still need to be made.
“I would say that the Allies agreed that such a meeting would take place in Lithuania, which means that we have already fulfilled the requirements in principle, but of course those operational and logistical requirements will still be in progress and we will simply have to fulfill them. We can do everything, we are strong enough to be able to implement the requirements of a meeting of this level, ”said A. Skaisgirytė.
2006 The NATO summit was held in Riga. At that time in Lithuania in 2002. He was visited by the then President of the United States, George W. Bush.
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