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“Today, the world has changed and it will take time to realize it. It may not be over yet. This could turn into a geopolitical catastrophe. I will tell you right away that this is not useless. Lithuania’s foreign policy should rethink the realities and still act. stronger with greater consensus ”, said A. Januška on the Delfi Tema program.
The signatory would regret if, in the context of this crisis, someone in Lithuania tried to underestimate the role of the United States (US).
“I’m sorry when someone in Lithuania is already happy and even mocks that ‘you see what your America is like’, but here it is not someone’s America.” Here is our America. The United States adheres to the entire order of liberal democracy, and the entire Western civilization, NATO adheres to the power of the United States.
Of course, there is a trust issue, can total democracies fight for that long? Such a withdrawal – visually quite catastrophic withdrawal – is popular in US domestic politics today, and it is a problem, “said A. Januška.
Lithuania has a short-term problem and a long-term one
According to the signatory, because of what is happening in Afghanistan, it is also a short-term problem for Lithuania.
“It is dangerous that in the near future we forget. And it is wrong that we forget the now artificially caused problem of migrants and the successful policy of rejection that we are following so far. Furthermore, it is unclear whether there will be an increase in the conscious desire to target more migrants from Afghanistan.
And the long-term issue is how much the United States will remain involved in EU affairs, how much it will care about Russia, whether it will be left to Europe, or whether it will prepare for a single fight with China. Therefore, the situation is not hopeless, but Lithuanian foreign policy awaits serious new challenges. We need to rethink a lot and work harder, ”said A. Januška.
The situation should be taken into account when considering the issue of migrants.
Darius Kuliešius, President Gitanas Nausėda’s senior adviser on national security, stated on the show that we currently have just over 80 Afghans who have arrived illegally in Lithuania after crossing the border.
“Their applications for refugee status must be evaluated in the current context of events,” Kuliešius said.
According to the advisor, the course of events this weekend was not planned.
This poses challenges for the security of the entire world, due to the growth of possible waves of migration, due to the safety of the people who stayed there, because not all the people who worked for the Allies managed to evacuate in time. Therefore, this period is especially important to make efforts to make the transition of power as peaceful as possible, to guarantee security (especially for women and children) ”, said D. Kuliešius.
UK: this is a failure of the international community
European Union foreign ministers hold video talks on the situation in Afghanistan on Tuesday, as European countries rush to evacuate their workers from the country, diplomats told AFP, BNS wrote.
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan was a “failure of the international community.”
In his opinion, Western work in Afghanistan was left unfinished.
“We all know that Afghanistan [klausimas] unfinished. This is an unsolved problem … and the world needs to help you [spręsti]”He told BBC television.
The former British Army officer said last week that US President Joe Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, had struck a “bad deal” with Islamist militants, allowing them to return.
At the time, Iran’s new ultra-conservative president, Ebrahim Raisis, said on Monday that America’s “defeat” in Afghanistan should bring lasting peace to a war-torn neighboring country.
China said on Monday it was willing to maintain “friendly relations” with the Taliban.
Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan will meet with representatives of the Taliban in Kabul on Tuesday, said Russian Foreign Ministry official Zamir Kabulov.
In recent years, Russia has tried to engage with the Taliban and has hosted Taliban representatives in Moscow on several occasions, most recently last month.
On Sunday, the Taliban surrounded Kabul, the country’s last metropolis, which was then controlled by the Afghan government. As night approached, the militants entered the capital and now completely control it.
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