US Stays Focused on Europe
2010/04/09 – 17:42US President Barack Obama is meeting 11 Central and East European leaders in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Lithuania is represented by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius.
There, In the Czech capital, he is due to sign a nuclear arms treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 8 April. The pact commits both countries to big cuts in nuclear warheads.
In the Lithuanian Prime Minister‘s view, the United States holds a informal meeting in Prague to show that it stays focused on Europe.
“The symbolic meaning of the meeting is all that really matters. I think the United States is willing to show that it keeps seeking new security formats and that it stays deeply focused on Central Europe. As for Lithuania, it will continue to be one of the most responsive regions regarding the security aspect”, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said right before his visit to Prague.
According to Prime Minister A. Kubilius, Lithuania welcomes the long-sought agreement between US and Russian to scale down the weaponry of the world’s two greatest nuclear powers and hopes that the US strategic armaments will continue to play an important role in guaranteeing long-standing security in Europe. “We are certain of further strengthening of European-American relationship and sure that the planned changes will not diminish European security guarantees and the long-lived traditions of reliable partnership between Lithuania and the United States”, the Lithuanian Prime Minister said.
The new nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia replaces the 1991 START treaty which expired on 5 December last year. The renewal of the treaty is one of the most important tasks of the Obama administration.
Following the signing of the treaty President Barack Obama hosts a solemn dinner for leaders of Central European countries at the US Embassy in Prague.
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