IT IS IN LITHUANIA’S INTEREST TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STABILIZATION OF NORTHERN AFRICA
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending an extraordinary European Council meeting on the situation in Libya and in the wider region of Northern Africa.
According to President Dalia Grybauskaitė, it is very important for Lithuania to participate in today's decision-making on Libya because these decisions may affect the country's economy in a major way.
"The developments in Northern Africa may seem to be far away. However, they are really very close to us. The situation in the region will affect the European economy as well as the Lithuanian economy and its recovery. We are already feeling the impact through rising fuel prices. We, the leaders of European states, must decide on how to help the region, especially Libya, and on whether or not to use military force in that country. Many states, including Lithuania, keep to the position that we cannot do this without a special UN Security Council resolution and without the consent from the Arab League," the President said.
Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that it was necessary to prevent a humanitarian tragedy in Libya and that the European Union could and had to do it.
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