Lithuanian president commends Duda for influencing Trump's stance on Ukraine

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda believes that a meeting between Polish President Andrzej Duda and US presidential candidate Donald Trump has helped change Trump's attitude towards Ukraine.

Source: LRT, citing Nausėda in an interview with journalists in Vilnius, as reported by European Pravda

Quote: "I've been hearing lately about a different rhetoric from Trump himself and the US government’s readiness to take necessary and long-awaited decisions.

I think this visit [Duda's visit to New York – ed.] and the talks with Trump were positive, they yielded a positive result, and I'm very happy about this achievement by Mr Duda."

Details: Nausėda mentioned that he discussed Duda’s upcoming visit to New York and meeting with Trump with him at the recent Three Seas Initiative conference.

Background:

• Duda and Trump had a private meeting in New York on Wednesday, 17 April.

• Trump's campaign team said the former president had discussed the war in Ukraine and defence spending by NATO member states over dinner with Duda.

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