Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda criticized the new world political map approved by the UN General Assembly because it depicted Russia-occupied Crimea as separate from Ukraine. The Lithuanian president stated this during a meeting of the Baltic states' leaders with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, according to LRT.
Nausėda emphasized that the maps used by the UN must comply with international law and respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and internationally recognized borders of states.
The Lithuanian president noted that his country supports efforts for a more accurate and fairer cartographic representation of the world. At the same time, according to him, the UN must consistently adhere to the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and other territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia.
In September, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution supporting a new world map designed to provide a more accurate representation of the relative areas of continents. The resolution was supported by 164 countries, while the United States voted against it, and six countries – Ukraine, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Serbia – abstained. On the new map, created using the Equal Earth projection, Ukraine is depicted in one shade of green, while Crimea is colored gray and visually separated from Ukraine.
Nausėda also stated that Russia remains the main long-term threat to European and transatlantic security. According to him, this threat is not limited to Ukraine; European countries, including Lithuania, also face border violations.
We remind you that earlier "Tvoe Misto" wrotethat Ukrainians most often named France, Great Britain, and Lithuania as the most friendly countries to Ukraine.
