On Sunday evening, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Lithuania as part of a visit to Belgium, Poland, Moldova, and the Baltic states in the wake of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
“His visit here underscores the United States’ ironclad commitment to NATO’s Article 5, and that we stand united with Lithuania in facing the many geopolitical challenges of our day, including Russia’s unjustifiable war against Ukraine and Belarus’ complicity in that war,” the US Embassy in Lithuania said on Facebook.
Secretary Blinken will meet Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis
According to the embassy, they will “discuss how the United States and Lithuania, along with the rest of our European partners and NATO allies, will support Ukraine and the brave Ukrainian people, strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defense, especially on its Eastern flank, promote democracy and human rights, and pursue deeper economic and energy cooperation with Lithuanian and our other Baltic Allies“.
Blinken’s trip “continues extensive consultations and coordination with our NATO Allies and European partners about the Russian Federation’s continued premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war against Ukraine“, the US Department of State said in a press release.
In the wake of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, NATO has activated its defence plans for the protection of the eastern flank and pledged to reinforce its military presence in Eastern Europe.
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