During her current working visit to Israel Lithuanian prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė met Monday with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. According to the official Lithuanian Government press release, they discussed security in Europe and the Middle East, support for the Ukraine against Russia, Lithuanian-Israeli relations and prospects for expanding cooperation between the two countries.

“Russia’s war against the Ukraine poses a threat to the world as well as our region and Europe because the authoritarian regimes of all continents are waiting and watching to see where we draw the red lines in defense of the rules-based international order and global security,” the Lithuanian PM explained to Netanyahu. She told him a real peace can only be achieved by the Ukraine’s victory over Russia.

The Lithuanian Government site did not include prime minister Netanyahu’s response to her statements regarding hostilities between the Ukraine and Russia.

Full press release in Lithuanian here.