„As a state politician, he should understand that (...) we have one state foreign policy, and there is no need to create an alternative one, but I leave it to his own discretion,“ the Social Democratic leader told Elta on Monday.
„Sometimes he takes initiatives that are difficult to explain and difficult for other coalition partners, of which we have three in total, to understand,“ Sinkevičius emphasised.
According to him, Lithuania's foreign policy should be unified, based on the provisions in force to date, and implemented by the president and the foreign minister.
„I believe that foreign policy is a matter for the president and the government in corpore, and the foreign minister. I view any initiatives by coalition partners or political organisation leaders as personal initiatives of that party, but not as alternatives,“ said the LSDP leader.
„We are too small a country to have three foreign policy vectors. I believe we have one (vector – ELTA) – security, participation in NATO and EU formats.
We are not creating any alternatives here. I would probably view this as Žemaitaitis' personal desire to be more recognised in the EU, perhaps to be more visible or to act in some other way,“ explained the politician.
As announced, on Monday, the chairman of Nemuno Aušra, Žemaitaitis, met with the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Szijjártó, in Hungary.
ELTA reminds us that this is not the first meeting between Žemaitaitis and Szijjártó. Last November, the politician met with the minister in Lithuania. At that time, the parliamentarian said he thanked the head of Hungarian diplomacy for his country's contribution to the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states and discussed other issues relevant to him.
At that time, the meeting received considerable criticism.
Szijjártó has been minister since 2014 and is one of the closest associates of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.