EU Braces up to Win Information War With Russia – Lithuanian FM

© AFP 2023 / EMMANUEL DUNANDLithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius talks to journalists as he arrives for an emergency meeting of Foreign Affairs Council at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2015
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius talks to journalists as he arrives for an emergency meeting of Foreign Affairs Council at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on January 29, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The European Union has the capacity to win an information war with Russia and concrete proposals on the issue are already being worked out by the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius said.

UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (Sputnik) – According to Linkevicius, an action plan and proposals of a strategic communication group will be presented at a European Council meeting in June.

“There is a lot of tasks where we really can win this information war, we are capable to do that. We are not winning, because we are not doing.”

Linkevicius stressed that information is a weapon used for propaganda and that the main recipe in information wars is not to use censorship, but to move in the direction of free media not controlled by the government.

“This is really something we should not neglect, we should address properly and I am so happy to say that its understood not only by us, who can really feel that every day, but also by those who maybe do not realize that this is really problematic.”

Russia’s relations with the West have aggravated over the situation in Ukraine. Western media have claimed that Moscow supports independence fighters in southeastern Ukraine, who were targeted by Kiev’s special military operation launched in April, 2014.

Russia has repeatedly denied the claims that have not been backed with any factual evidence.

© AFP 2023 / MICHAL CIZEKLithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius and his Czech counterpart (not in picture) give a joint press conference
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius and his Czech counterpart (not in picture) give a joint press conference - Sputnik International
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius and his Czech counterpart (not in picture) give a joint press conference
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