Lithuania promised to continue to put pressure on partners to impose tougher sanctions against Russia
Kyiv • UNN
As stated by Prime Minister Ngrieda Šimonite, Lithuania promises to put pressure on its allies to strengthen sanctions against Russia and Belarus, as well as to look for ways to use frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine.
Lithuania will continue to put pressure on its partners to impose tougher sanctions on Russia and Belarus. This was announced by Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite during a joint briefing with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, an UNN correspondent reports .
Tirelessly, we will continue to put pressure on our partners to impose further tougher sanctions on Russia, Belarus and Iran and any other country or individual that will try to help Russia in its unprovoked aggression against Ukraine
In addition, she said that Lithuania will seek legal and other mechanisms, both at the European and international level, so that public and private frozen, mobilized Russian assets can be unfrozen and put on the path of financing and restoring Ukraine.
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Addendum
Mykhailo Podolyaku, advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that there is no 12th package of sanctions because psychologically, individual countries are not ready to finally cut all economic ties with Russia.
