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Lithuanian President: Russia wages war against Europe
8/30/2014 7:17:28 PM
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said on arrival at an EU summit that Russia was waging war against Ukraine, in which Ukraine was "fighting for the whole Europe". She believes that more reaction is to be expected from the NATO.
"It is necessary to provide military support and as much as possible sanctions against Russia... Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe, so Lithuania is ready to help Ukraine to fight this war, to defend against Russia", Grybauskaite said.
"It is the fact that Russia is in a war state against Ukraine. That means it is in a state of war against a country which would like to be closely integrated with the EU. Practically Russia is in a state of war against Europe" she said.
The EU summit was held in Brussels to discuss a new package of sanctions against Russia. The Commission decided to prepare a list of measures in different sectors, and sanctions will be imposed if the situation in Ukraine does not improve.
Answering to the question what Ukraine can realistically expect from the EU, Grybauskaite said:
"Ukraine can expect more from the NATO. The EU is only economic sanctions".
According to her, Lithuania stands for a "complete military embargo" against Russia, "not only for the current ban on new military contracts."
Earlier, The Financial Times reported that Britain was to announce next week the creation of a new joint expeditionary rapid reaction force of seven NATO countries, including Lithuania. Officially, this is to be announced at the NATO summit in Wales on September 4-5.
Department of Monitoring
Kavkaz Center
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