FIRM STANCE: All three Baltic nations are full-square behind Georgia (Photo: Lithuanian Foreign Ministry)
LUXEMBOURG -- During the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of the European Union on 16 June in Luxembourg, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas called on the European Union has to send a clear message to Georgia that it will talk to Russia on the issue of withdrawing of its military forces from Abkhazia.
"Our obligation is to convince Russia during the upcoming EU-Russia Summit to withdraw its military forces from Abkhazia. And if additional peacekeeping forces are indeed necessary in Abkhazia, then they have to be international," said Vaitiekūnas.
Discussing preparations for the upcoming European Council meeting on 19-20 June, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs positively assessed the fact that draft conclusions of the European Council include hearings on the crimes of totalitarian regimes.
He also thanked his counterparts for their efforts in developing the Eastern direction of the European Neighbourhood policy partnership.
"We are making an important step in creating a format of multilateral regional cooperation with the EU neighbours in the East," he said.
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