{"id":743,"date":"2022-03-11T08:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T07:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/?p=743"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:34:37","slug":"ukraine-interview-vice-minister-foreign-affairs-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/2022\/03\/11\/ukraine-interview-vice-minister-foreign-affairs-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine:  Interview Vice-Minister Foreign Affairs Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interview to <strong>Mantas Adom\u0117nas, Vice-Minister <\/strong>of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. The Baltic State is in a dangerous area in this moment. <strong>It share the border with Belarus,<\/strong> basically under the Putin regime, <strong>and<\/strong> Kaliningrad, Russia exclave, that is become a huge military base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our interview <strong>the position<\/strong> of his country in front of the war in Ukraine, stability in Europe, Russian aggression, <strong>the role of NATO, European Union and China.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Didn\u2019t Western European countries understand that <strong>Mr. Putin was dangerous for the stability of the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH THE VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ukraine: Interview to Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - ITA SUB\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39EmFtcUwxc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, <strong>we are talking to a person (editor&#8217;s note: Putin) who has the Hitler mentality,<\/strong> a vision at the expense of his people, but also, and it is clear, <strong>with human costs, currently Ukrainians, who are suffering &#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;<strong>The goal of Lithuania and of all democratic countries is to stop the war<\/strong> and prevent all suffering. Trying to undermine Russia and lobbying to create humanitarian corridors and food supplies, places to accommodate refugees or provide education for children. This is the priority, <strong>all together we must put pressure on Russia to stop the invasion of Ukraine&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026<strong>We will buy liquefied natural ga<\/strong>s from other countries. Countries where money is not used to finance the war against our Ukrainian brothers. We are ready to pay more for gas. But <strong>we want to make sure that the money we pay does not kill Ukrainians\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Even some sanctions implemented against Russia, in refusing to buy oil and even bank sanctions, show that <strong>China is worried about Russia&#8217;s behavior&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;We wanted to develop our relations in this area and we are within Lithuanian sovereign law by allowing <strong>the opening of the Taiwanese representative office&#8221;<\/strong>. \u201c\u2026China&#8217;s attempts to defeat this economic policy was not an option. <strong>It has created more problems for China than for Lithuania<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/2021\/12\/28\/fake-news-and-propaganda-hunters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"FAKE NEWS AND PROPAGANDA\"><strong>FAKE NEWS AND PROPAGANDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit to the <strong>Lithuanian Department of Strategic Communication<\/strong>. A small country that has a great geopolitical importance, <strong>subject to numerous attacks of disinformation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview to Mantas Adom\u0117nas, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. The Baltic State is in a dangerous area in this moment. 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