Olekas discusses Ukraine support priorities in Kyiv

Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas met his Ukrainian counterpart Ruslan Stefanchuk in Kyiv on Monday to discuss support for Ukraine, LRT reported.

Olekas said on Facebook that they had discussed Lithuania’s priorities for supporting Ukraine as it prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Lithuania will assume the presidency on January 1. Olekas said the country would give particular attention to security, defence and EU enlargement.

Olekas also visited Ukraine in March this year, when he met President Volodymyr Zelensky and attended a summit in Bucha.