11 September 2024

The Fourth Crimea Platform Summit: Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania

“Lithuania will never recognize the illegal occupation of Ukrainian territories. For us, this is a matter of international law”, Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania

In his speech at the Fourth Summit of the Crimea Platform, President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda said that Lithuania is proud to be a member of the International Crimea Platform and is ready to continue supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

“In the first half of the 20th century, the map of Europe was forcibly rewritten by totalitarian regimes. We must not and cannot allow the Kremlin to do the same in the 21st century, we cannot live in a world where law is determined by force”, Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania.

The speaker underlined that Russia’s colonial policy in Crimea involves severe restrictions on the rights of local residents, including the Indigenous People of Ukraine — the Crimean Tatars. Lithuania calls on Russia to immediately release all Ukrainian citizens from the captivity and leave temporarily occupied territories, Nausėda said.

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