Lithuania's Foreign Ministry summons a representative of the Russian Embassy
On 22 February, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy and handed a note of protest over Russia’s decision to recognize the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as "independent states"
The meeting focused on Russia's decision, which constitutes a gross violation of the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and international law, the Helsinki Final Act, and the Charter of Paris.
Russia’s recognition of Ukraine's separatist regions as independent states continues to seriously violate the country's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, as well as Russia's Budapest Memorandum commitments to Ukraine.
Lithuania's Foreign Ministry also urged Russia to immediately cease its aggression against Ukraine, to continue making diplomatic efforts to settle the conflict, as well as to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories and from the border with Ukraine.
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