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If not this then next time
Rasa Juknevičienė, a member of the European Parliament and former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, assured in the program that the outgoing head of state could be a good NATO secretary general.
“She could be a good NATO secretary general. (…) This is a great achievement of our last decade. She will win for sure, but the competition is fierce. We must do everything we can to make this nomination appear in that competitive fight.” , assured the politician.
He said that if not this time, but next time, a representative of our region should become the Secretary General of NATO.
“If not this time, there will definitely be another moment for the representatives of this region. Until then, that possibility was not considered much,” R. Juknevičienė said on the show.
Radio news interlocutor R. Juknevičienė explained that the appointment to such posts is decisive by many coincidences.
“We have to see those letters fall,” R. Juknevičienė MEP told the “Question of the Day” radio news program.
“The business has matured”
Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, a professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences (VU TSPMI), stated on the radio news program that this is a really important position.
“Of course, these are very important responsibilities, considering the importance of NATO membership for Lithuania itself and for Europe as a whole. I would say that these responsibilities are similar in importance to the management responsibilities of the EU institutions. But both the EU and NATO for Lithuania are undoubtedly among the most important international organizations in which Lithuania can best use its membership to implement its national interests. In this case, take care of its own security as a sovereign state, “explained R Vilpišauskas.
He said Grybauskaitė’s harsh remarks about Russia also raised questions in other countries.
“His policies and some speeches against the Russian regime in European countries have sparked various discussions. I myself have heard the comments of French diplomats at the time, among which there was something akin to the fact that it may be difficult for Ms. D. Grybauskaitė to have the opportunity to lead an international organization for such speeches, “said R. Vilpišauskas, political scientist.
“It just came to our attention then. Which will be considered in light of his candidacy to lead NATO,” said a VU TSPMI lecturer.
Dahlia Grybauskaite
Politico.eu in the text, in which the surname of D. Grybauskaitė is also mentioned, other surnames are also mentioned.
“The three candidates now mentioned are not only the three women, but they are also from the region. This may also indicate that perhaps the time has come for a representative from this region to become the head of NATO.” R. Vilpišauskas said.
“I think the nominations in this region will also be taken seriously,” he explained.
“There are not many possibilities”
Mindaugas Lingė, a member of the Seimas and former adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė, recalled the reputation of the outgoing head of state.
“Reputation is a factor that cannot be acquired in a day. It is very easy to lose it, but it takes a lot of patient and constant work to win it. Show competence and gain confidence. It is during that decade as president that the reputation for no shame has been filled. We saw and heard the voice of Lithuania. This was appreciated. And those more precise positions were accepted and they had a very clear reason in the international community: why this position is taken, “he recalled.
Seimas member M. Lingė recalled that not only personal self-determination works in this situation.
“It just came to our attention then. In this case, the appointment to those positions is difficult. Will is, of course, important. It is not enough to have some kind of application, the decision is made by countries and states, which state representatives are And many factors determine it, “said M. Lingė, former advisor to D. Grybauskaitė, on the news radio program.
Vaidotas Beniušis, editor-in-chief of the news portal 15min.lt and director of the BNS news agency, claimed that so far these are only possible candidates listed by journalists.
“It just came to our knowledge then. (…) D. Grybauskaitė is an obvious candidate due to her experience. But there is no reason to say that her chances are not high,” explained V. Beniušis.
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