Zelenskyy arrives in Vilnius: Key meetings and plans for the visit
Photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (president.gov.ua)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Lithuania to take part in official events marking the anniversary of the January Uprising, according to Presidential Press Secretary Serhii Nykyforov.
As part of the visit, talks are scheduled between the Ukrainian President and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, as well as Polish President Karol Nawrocki, in the Lublin Triangle format.
A separate meeting will also take place between the President and First Lady of Ukraine and the President and First Lady of Lithuania.
According to the visit program, a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland is scheduled for 3:20 PM. A joint press conference by the leaders will follow at 5:00 PM Kyiv time.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Lithuania on January 25 to take part in official events, marking the anniversary of the January Uprising pic.twitter.com/44ePg6Ajmd
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The January Uprising was a national liberation revolt of 1863–1864 against the rule of the Russian Empire, which spread across the territories of present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and parts of Ukraine.
It broke out after another wave of repression by the tsarist authorities and attempts at forced conscription, becoming a response to restrictions on rights, Russification, and the lack of autonomy. The uprising took on a guerrilla character and united various social groups, from the nobility to peasants and the intelligentsia.
Although the January Uprising was brutally suppressed and its participants faced executions, exile, and confiscation of property, it became a symbol of the struggle for freedom and national dignity of the region's peoples.
The Lublin Triangle
The Lublin Triangle was established in 2020 as a format of trilateral cooperation between Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine aimed at deepening regional cooperation in the security, economic, and social and humanitarian spheres.
In 2023, in Lviv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the then presidents of Poland and Lithuania, Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nausėda.
The leaders of the three countries signed a joint declaration of the presidents of the Lublin Triangle.
