The head of government said that the needs related to Ukraine are very important for Lithuania.
In next year Lithuania plans to provide assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 340 million euros.
This was announced by Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte in an interview with LRT.
“For Ukraine (aid costs in 2024 – ed.) we estimate a total of about 0.4% of GDP, that is, approximately 340 million euros,” Simonyte said.
She noted that the needs related to Ukraine are very important for Lithuania. This is not only support for refugees, but also general support for Ukraine. This issue will be especially acute if the EU countries are unable to agree on assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros.
The publication reported that the Lithuanian government will consider the draft budget for next year on October 5.
Let us recall that it was previously reported that the head of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania 2014-2021Vytautas Magnus said that NATO may decide to join the war to defend Ukraine even before its membership in the Alliance.
In addition In addition, we previously reported that Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėdasaid that Russia is preparing for even larger-scale military actions.
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