Dmytro Kuleba became an honored guest of the annual meeting of ambassadors of the Republic of Lithuania
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed gratitude to Lithuania for its strong support, including €1.2 billion in aid, hospitality for Ukrainian refugees, and advocacy for Ukraine's membership in the EU and NATO, during his online address to Lithuanian ambassadors.
Dmytro Kuleba became an honored guest of the annual meeting of Lithuanian ambassadors and addressed the diplomats online. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, UNN reports.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addressed the ambassadors of the Republic of Lithuania online at their annual meeting in Vilnius. During his address, Kuleba thanked his Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis for the invitation and expressed his deep gratitude to Lithuanian diplomats for their support of Ukraine.
For years, you have been warning the world about the threat posed by the putin regime. You have said unpleasant but true things to your European colleagues, and they have mostly said that you are exaggerating. But you were right. You immediately called the war a war and russia an aggressor. You emphasized that the fate of Europe and the entire democratic world is being decided on the battlefield in Ukraine
The Minister expressed his gratitude to Lithuania for its leadership in supporting Ukraine by providing assistance in the amount of 1.2 billion euros, of which more than half has been allocated to Ukraine's defense needs. Kuleba also thanked Lithuanians for their hospitality to thousands of Ukrainian women and children and numerous fundraising campaigns.
The Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation in the Scandinavian-Baltic-Black Sea-Ukraine format and developing the Baltic-Black Sea axis of cooperation, which is a guarantee of stability and development in the region.
Dmytro Kuleba also mentioned the recent brutal russian shelling, in particular the attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv, and expressed gratitude to Lithuania for allocating 1 million euros for its restoration. The minister called for joint efforts to cut off the supply of components for Russian missiles produced in NATO countries.
He emphasized the need to support Ukraine's use of Western weapons against legitimate military targets in russia and the importance of protecting Ukrainian skies using NATO capabilities.
Kuleba thanked the Lithuanian diplomatic corps for their support on Ukraine's path to EU and NATO membership, for their active work on the implementation of the Peace Formula, and for their hope for fruitful cooperation in preparing for the second Peace Summit.
The Minister also thanked the Lithuanian ambassadors for their joint work with Ukrainian colleagues in Africa, Asia and South America, emphasizing the importance of disseminating the history of russian colonialism and urged them to step up their efforts in this direction.
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