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According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a working visit to the Estonian capital, Landsbergis and her counterpart, Chancellor Eva-Maria Liimets, focused on managing the pandemic in both countries, especially the situation in Estonia, where the morbidity rates are very high.
“Lithuania stands ready to provide Estonia with the kind of assistance it most needs at this time in the fight against the escalating coronavirus pandemic,” said GG Landsbergis.
The Ministers of the two countries also discussed the most relevant issues of bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation: the progress of joint energy and transport infrastructure projects, priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Baltic Council of Ministers in 2021, nuclear safety , Eastern Partnership, regional security and defense, European green course and climate change, other EU and international issues.
Speaking of nuclear safety, Minister G. Landsbergis emphasized the need for joint efforts to ensure the non-purchase of unsafe electricity from the Astravas nuclear power plant, which, according to Lithuanian experts, reaches the markets of the Baltic countries.
The Lithuanian head of diplomacy will also participate in the meeting of the three foreign ministers of the Baltic and the United Kingdom in Tallinn. This is the first visit of Minister G. Landsbergis to Estonia since he took office as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
With the rapid spread of the British variant of the coronavirus in Estonia, the country tops the EU list in terms of new COVID-19 cases, second only to the Czech Republic. Starting Thursday, a strict quarantine will be introduced in Estonia, valid for at least one month.
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