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On 6 November in Washington, D.C., during the meeting of the Munich Security Conference and the North Atlantic Council, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas emphasized that the U.S.A. and Europe were linked by common democratic values and general interests to solve global challenges. “The U.S.A. and the European Union are the most important allies, who have to make joint effort in facing the challenges, related to energy security, climate change, to the keeping of peace and stability in the world, rules of international trade and to the development of relations that are based on the international law with the new centres of political and economic power: China, India, Latin America, as well as Russia,” Minister V.Ušackas told his counterparts from Europe and the U.S.A.

In his speech, the Minister also noted that the U.S.A. and the European Union had to provide visible support to the strengthening of democratic institutions and the civil society in the Western Balkans and Eastern European countries that aim to join the EU Eastern Partnership and NATO.

“The continuity of NATO and EU enlargement is especially important and cannot stop, because it means the spread of the space for freedom, democracy and the rule of law,” Minister V.Ušackas stressed.

While speaking about the EU-U.S. relations with Russia, the Minister said that there was a need to create common transatlantic policy of relations with Russia.

During the seminar in Washington, D.C., Minister V.Ušackas was among the speakers in the discussion on the topic “The U.S.-EU Partnership and Relations with Russia” along with former U.S. Secretary of State, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. Senator John McCain and European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Javier Solana.