“Today we see aggressive attempts to restore the USSR. To return the past with the same ideology of the last century: the division of Europe into spheres of influence, disrespect for the sovereignty of peoples and their territorial integrity, strict no human rights, freedom of speech, independent media,” the President of Lithuania said.
He stressed that Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova decided to build their future in democracy, and not in the reincarnation of the USSR.
Nauseda added that residents of the Eastern Partnership countries were forced to leave their homes by the Russian military.
“So let’s be frank – there is no“ despite the past. ”This“ past ”is still here – in Crimea, Donbass, South Ossetia, Transnistria. This“ past ”emits fumes from Novichok in Salisbury or polonium in London. “the past” echoes the explosions in the Czech Republic, “the President of Lithuania emphasized.
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