Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Landsbergis at the remote G7+ meeting: “It’s high time we included Rosatom and the Russian nuclear sector in the EU sanctions lists”
On 10 March, at the invitation of the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis participated remotely in a meeting of the Group of Seven and other like-minded organisations (G7 +), which renewed their pledge to support Ukraine’s energy sector.
Together with foreign ministers from the world’s largest economies, the meeting participants discussed long-term actions aimed at helping restore and modernise Ukraine’s energy infrastructure destroyed by Russian attacks.
“It’s high time we included Rosatom and the Russian nuclear sector in the EU sanctions lists. At the same time, responding to Ukraine’s urgent energy needs, we must look to the future and help Ukraine build a reliable, modern and environmentally friendly energy sector that will become a pillar of its post-war economic prosperity,” Landsbergis said.
This virtual G7 meeting, attended by ministers from seven of the world’s largest economies, aims to strengthen cooperation between partner countries, contributing to Ukraine’s efforts to reconstruct and defend its energy sector.
Lithuania is a member of the European Union that has provided Ukraine with the most power generators and transformers. Ukraine has received the much-needed high-voltage transformers thanks to our country’s efforts. In addition, the electricity grid operators of the two countries are cooperating closely.
The meeting was also attended by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, representatives from the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and other international organisations. The head of Lithuania’s diplomacy attended the remote G7+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Ukraine energy sector support for the second time.
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