Accueil Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Another example of Russia’s refusal to comply with its international obligations is its refusal to return the Romanian national treasure entrusted to it for safekeeping. I voted in favour of this resolution, which calls for more proactive efforts by the EU to assist its Member States in protecting and recovering cultural assets and national treasures. Romania is not the only country to have suffered from Russia’s criminal looting. My own country, Lithuania, as well as other neighbouring countries that lived under Soviet terror and even before, have suffered cultural and historical losses that are now stored and displayed in Russian museums. This injustice must be rectified.