Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Tuesday called on Latin American countries not to be “seduced” by Russian propaganda.
He spoke in Brussels as leaders from the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met for a second day, with diplomats struggling to agree on the language of a final communique.
The summit highlighted differences over how to tackle Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as a handful of Latin American countries, notably Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, were opposed to agreeing to a text holding Moscow responsible for the war.
"Addressed #EU - #CELAC summit today. Main message to partners in Latin America & the Caribbean: don't be seduced by Russian propaganda. Russia is not a victim – it is the aggressor,“ the Lithuanian president tweeted.
The presidential office later issued a press release saying that Nausėda stressed at the summit that Russia's war in Ukraine had led to multiple global crises: nuclear, energy, financial, food supply, and environmental.
Heads of state and government of the EU and CELAC have gathered in Brussels for the EU-CELAC summit, the third of its kind, eight years after the last gathering.
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