Baltic States – CIS, EU – Baltic States, Legislation, Ukraine

The Heads of State and Government had a discussion with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The Ukrainian President explained the current situation in Ukraine and informed about the latest progress in the negotiations concerning the opportunity to deploy U.N. peace-keeping force in Ukraine.

Dalia Grybauskaitė arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kiev too. Together with other European leaders she will attend commemorative events for Maidan’s anniversary, including the March of Dignity in memory of Maidan victims taking place in the center of Kiev.

“The ideals of the Maidan are still alive in the hearts of Ukrainian people who continue defending their homeland and right to determine their own destiny. Lithuania supports the people of Ukraine and their choice,” the President said.

According to the President, the democratic community must not leave Ukrainian people alone, because today they are fighting not only for their own state, but also for Western values, peace and security in Europe.

Before the March of Dignity, the Lithuanian head of state met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, German President Joachim Gauck, European Council President Donald Tusk, and other European leaders.

The leaders participating in the commemorative events viewed the Russian military equipment confiscated by Ukrainians. The equipment had been used in attacks against Ukraine and its people.

Pro-European protests in Maidan, which started in Ukraine’s capital Kiev in November 2013 and lasted until February 2014, took the lives of more than 100 protesters.

In Kiev, Laimdota Straujuma also held a meeting with Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia; the officials discussed the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in May, in Rīga, and the reform process in Georgia.