Lithuania's Foreign Minister Landsbergis at the meeting with the Georgian Foreign Minister: "At the moment, our common interest is Ukraine's rapid victory in Russia's war of aggression"
Republic of Lithuania - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2023.07.11
On 11 July, during the NATO summit in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili.
During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers discussed the problematic security situation in the region following Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine.
"We are talking to Georgia as a NATO partner whose resilience to Russian imperialism and hybrid threats we must strengthen together. Our common interest is Ukraine's victory in Russia's war of aggression. Only then will it be possible to eliminate the grey areas on the European security map," the head of Lithuania's diplomacy noted.
Landsbergis stressed that Lithuania and the NATO community appreciated Georgia's contribution to NATO operations and urged Darchiashvili to use the cooperation mechanisms offered by the Alliance.
The Foreign Ministers also discussed Georgia's prospect of membership in the European Union. Landsbergis underlined that Lithuania consistently supported Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic integration, urging the Georgian Government to continue reforms and fully implement the twelve priorities specified in the European Commission's opinion on Georgia's membership application.
"It is important to keep up with the significant progress and, while continuing the reforms, not to lose sight of the fundamental values and principles of the EU - democracy, human rights and the rule of law - that will serve as the basis for the decision on granting the status of candidate country to Georgia at the end of this year," the Foreign Minister said.
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