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Today, for the first time in his term, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, will visit Lithuania together with the first Mrs. Brigitte Macron. I call this visit historic because the French leader is visiting Lithuania after a 19-year hiatus. The visit is a great opportunity to understand each other better, especially at a time when outbreaks of aggression are taking place in one part of the world or another, and basic human rights are brutally mentioned right here in Belarus, ”says G. Nausėda.
The president says he will first thank the French president for his role at the July European Council in discussing the agreement on the multiannual financial perspectives and the European Union recovery fund.
“This could have been not only one of the longest meetings, but also unsuccessful, if not the determined attitude of President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the most difficult moment of the negotiations,” Nausėda said.
According to the Lithuanian leader, they will try to explain each other’s positions in more detail at the meeting.
“We have a lot to discuss, not only the issues we talk about in unison, but also the aspects on which we must explain our position in more detail. Among the latter, I would mention the attitude and relations with Russia, the search for autonomy. European strategy, the role and perspective of NATO True friends should not only politely bow their heads to each other, but also, if necessary, argue or argue.
I have no doubt that Lithuania and France are such friends, ”said G. Nausėda.
Nausėda also assessed Macron’s position on the situation in Belarus.
“I have read with great interest the latest assessment of the situation of President Emmanuel Macron in Belarus. By stating that Alexander Lukashenko must resign because he had lost his legitimacy, the French president demonstrated a clear position and the principles inherent in a democratic society. The Union European Union still sometimes lacks these qualities when making joint decisions on the Belarus question, “said G. Nausėda.
“We must finally realize that the less we wrap our thoughts in cotton and hide behind traditional diplomatic concerns and similar twists, the more support we will give to reborn Belarusian society to fight for the rights of which it has been cynically deprived.”
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