Zelenskyy meets with Lithuanian Defense Minister: discusses coalition on demining and cooperation in defense industry
Kyiv • UNN
President Zelenskyy met with Lithuania's new Defense Minister Laurinas Kasciunas to discuss Lithuania's leadership in demining, defense industry cooperation, security guarantees, and further military support.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the newly appointed Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurinas Kasciunas during his first foreign visit in office. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of Lithuania's continued leadership in the international coalition for demining and the development of cooperation in the defense industry, UNN reports .
He met with the Minister of National Defense of Lithuania, Laurinas Kasciunas. This is his first foreign visit in this position. We discussed the importance of Lithuania's continued leadership in the international mine action coalition, the development of cooperation in the defense industry, work on a document on security guarantees, and further comprehensive support for
The President thanked Lithuania for its contribution to the implementation of the Czech initiative to purchase ammunition and for allocating funds for a batch of drones. During the meeting , Zelenskyy and Kasciunas also discussed further comprehensive support from Lithuania, in particular in training Ukrainian servicemen and implementing rehabilitation programs for wounded defenders.
