The April visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Lithuania under the coordination of Olena Semenyaka, head of NGO “Intermarium Support Group,” assistant to MP and the founder of the Intermarium Caucus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Sviatoslav Yurash, bore fruit: a similar parliamentary group was created in the Seimas of Lithuania! Precisely at one of the meetings organized by LDK Palikuonys, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, the chairman of the Lithuanian Intermarium Caucus, the head of the national security and defense committee of the Seimas of Lithuania, and not for the first time, shook hands with the veterans of Azov units as part of the delegation and expressed his interest in systematic cooperation in support of Ukraine through the coordination of “Intermarium” groups in the parliaments of the countries of the region. We wish success to the new promising structure, look forward to the launch of projects on its behalf and welcome the establishment of analogues in the rest of the regional parliaments!
Statement by Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Member of the Seimas: “The Intermarium Caucus was established in the Parliament of Lithuania”
Press release, 15 June 2023
The provisional group “Intermarium Caucus” was established in the Parliament of Lithuania and consists of 11 parliamentarians. Chairman of this group – Laurynas Kasčiūnas, and Jonas Jarutis has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the group.
The first such group was established in 2020, Ukraine. This group was created in order to support at the state level the respective geopolitical provision developed by the non-governmental organization “Intermarium Support Group” founded in 2016 under the auspices of Azov veternas and is coordinated by Olena Semenyaka, assistant of MP Sviatoslav Yurash. The geopolitical provision is based on the strong strengthening of the connection between Central and Eastern Europe and the principles of pan-Europeanism, anti-chauvinism and solidarity anti-totalitarian historical memory policy.
The goal of the Intermarium groups is to create a regional inter-parliamentary institution, similar to the Crimea Platform, which will prepare a regional security strategy and coordinate initiatives to counter Russian aggression at the legal and informational levels. This includes strengthening defense cooperation, developing information campaigns by creating a common information space and consolidating the region geopolitically, strengthening the energy security of the region and, of course, increasing support for Ukraine – supporting Ukraine’s admission to the Three Seas Initiative, organizing visits to Ukraine, etc.
Such groups have also already been established in Estonia, and there are plans to officially establish such a group in Poland soon.
Source: https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35403&p_k=2&p_t=285326
Composition of the Lithuanian Intermarium Caucus: https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=40232&p_k=1
