The President of Lithuania criticized the new UN map showing Crimea as separate from Ukraine
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda criticized the United Nations’ new political map of the world, which depicts the temporarily occupied Crimea separately from Ukraine. He expressed his concern during a meeting between the leaders of the Baltic states and UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York.
Nausėda emphasized that UN maps must comply with international law and respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and recognized borders of member states. According to him, the organization must consistently adhere to a policy of non-recognition of the annexation of Crimea and other Ukrainian territories by the Russian Federation. He also emphasized that the Russian Federation remains the primary long-term threat to European and transatlantic security.
The new world map, approved by the UN General Assembly to more accurately reflect the relative sizes of the continents, shows Crimea in gray, which differs from the colors used for both Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The resolution was supported by 164 countries; the U.S. voted against it, while Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, and Serbia abstained.
Source: LRT.
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