No specific decisions were expected in Paris, Lithuanian presidential aide says

VILNIUS - After European leaders on Monday failed to reach a consensus on how to respond to potential shifts in the US administration's stance on the war in Ukraine and European security, a Lithuanian presidential advisor says that no specific decisions were expected from the emergency meeting in Paris.

"There are no major results from this meeting, but no one expected them," Asta Skaisgiryte, President Gitanas Nauseda's chief foreign policy advisor, told the Ziniu Radijas radio station on Tuesday.

"It was a meeting to talk, but decisions need to be made in completely different formats, for example, through the European Council, where Lithuania, the Baltic states, and all European Union countries participate," she added.

At the emergency talks in Paris, European leaders sought to overcome differences over how to respond to the new US administration's policy shift on the war in Ukraine and a possibly reduced commitment to ensuring European defense. However, no decisions were made.

Faced with one of the largest challenges in recent years, European leaders fear that Trump plans peace talks with Russia that will not involve Kyiv, let alone the EU.

There are also concerns in Europe that the US might withdraw some of its troops from the continent, shifting its focus to the Indo-Pacific region.

However, there was no joint statement or significant announcements after the Paris meeting, in which Lithuania and other Baltic and Nordic countries were represented by Denmark.

"It's no secret that the Nordic and Baltic countries are among those saying that enough has been said, and it's long past time to act, long past time to do more," Skaisgiryte said.

According to the advisor, the key message from the region is that despite peace talks over Ukraine, the threat from Russia is not going away.

"We have to keep supporting Ukraine however we can and continue to prioritize our own security and European security," she said.