The Idea of Creating an Advisory Council on Donbas Smells of Russian Technology, - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania

The idea of creating an Advisory Council on Donbas "smells a bit like Russia's attempts to portray itself as an outside observer," said Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania during Kyiv Security Forum online discussion.

He noted that despite the crisis with the coronavirus, Russia continues its military aggression against Ukraine.

"If we compare the situation last year, we see more shelling, more violations by Russia. And we also see that a certain policy is being tested, as before, to project Russia as a mediator, as an observer," he said.

He called the idea of creating an Advisory Council on Donbas an example of such a policy.

"It was not created, but such an idea already existed. And it smells a bit of Russia's attempts to portray itself as an outside observer, as if the conflict is taking place in Ukraine between Ukrainians and that’s it," underlined Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

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