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According to the Minister of National Defense, Raimundas Karoblis, the VGT considered a Seimas resolution related to Russia’s attempts to review and justify the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
According to Karoblis, this is cause for concern. But this is not a new thing in the Kremlin’s propaganda campaign.
The minister recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Poland is to blame for the start of World War II.
“Finally, let us recall the leitmotif that prevailed in 2014, that Crimea was Nikita Kushchev’s gift to Ukraine. Some other members of the Russian Duma, including politicians (said – ed.), That Klaipeda was a gift from Stalin to Lithuania. This is again a disinformation campaign, a propaganda campaign, “said R. Karoblis.
Sigismund Gedvila photo / 15min / Raimundas Karoblis
According to him, it is necessary to continue working to counter such disinformation, to work in that direction with other states and their institutions.
As Karoblis noted, during the coronavirus pandemic, the Kremlin’s propaganda messages only increased.
While the issues have stabilized, the minister said there are more sources through which Russian disinformation messages are being disseminated.
“Therefore, it would not surprise me at all, and probably will be, that the intensity of the promotion of the Duma initiative in the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and, of course, in Poland. (…) I think that the leitmotiv with the intention of continuing to promote that knowledge in Russia, let’s say, to adapt the article to the public of individual countries and the like, I think it will only increase “, emphasized R. Karoblis.
He explained that there are three recipients to whom the Kremlin messages are addressed: the internal audience, the people of our country and our allies in the EU and NATO.
The railway theme
According to the head of the President’s Environment and Infrastructure Group, the chief adviser to G. Nausėda Jaroslav Neverovičius, the railway is gaining importance as a strategic branch.
Sigismund Gedvila photo / 15min / Jaroslav Neverovich
Especially in view of the new funding period for the European Union (EU), where solid funds will be provided.
J. Neverovičius said that structural reforms, some market liberalization and fierce competition are underway in the railway sector.
“That is why we had such a comprehensive discussion in the VGT format,” explained the president’s adviser.
J. Neverovičius said that VGT had agreed on a strategic vision aimed at strengthening the railway sector.
In Lithuania the commitment to guarantee efficient rail transport of goods and passengers to Karaliaučiai has been confirmed.
According to J. Neverovičius, the Rail Baltica European rail project is extremely important in creating a strong Lithuanian railway sector.
According to G. Nausėda’s adviser, VGT members agreed that all newly created infrastructure in Lithuania should be managed by a 100% state-owned company.
In our country, as J. Neverovičius said, the project is going well and can really be implemented by 2026.
According to R. Karoblis, the subject of railways is also important through the prism of military mobility.
This issue is high on the NATO and EU agenda.
“Naturally, the entire Baltic region and Poland are treated as a common defense region. And that project, like Rail Baltica, is really important. If in the past the focus was on cargo transportation and free movement of passengers, so in that case that dimension is growing, something else is clear: the mechanism and management of the Rail Baltica project itself must also be sustainable and in line with national security interests, “said R. Karoblis.
According to the Minister, a project like Rail Baltica is really very important and its importance is only growing.
Consider security issues
The last time the VGT met was in March, before the country was quarantined due to a coronavirus pandemic..
The VGT is a state institution that considers and coordinates the most important issues of state defense, including the activities of state institutions on the most important issues to guarantee and defend the security of the state.
It includes the President, the Prime Minister, the President of the Seimas, the Minister of National Defense and the Commander of the Armed Forces.
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