Lithuania is considering to join the declaration by G7 countries, made in Vilnius last month, pledging to keep supplying military assistance to Ukraine.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė told the radio Žinių Radijas on Thursday that Vilnius previously planning to do so together with Estonia and Latvia.
“There was a discussion about this, and our proposal was for all the Baltic states to do it together. The Latvian government, for reasons known to it, decided to make haste,” the Lithuanian prime minister said.
“I think that those decisions will be taken in the near future,” she added.
Šimonytė made the remarks after the Latvian prime minister announced on Wednesday that his country was joining the G7 declaration.
At last month’s NATO summit, hosted in Vilnius, the G7 countries pledged long-term military support to Ukraine to help it fight the invading Russian forces and stop any recurrence of war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the declaration a significant security victory.
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