"Once again the president and the vice-president confirmed that the Baltic region is a strategic partner and that they value our cooperation in Afghanistan and NATO. They stated once again that the independence of the Baltic states, their military and economic security are important to the US and that they're willing to help and support us," Grybauskaitė said in a telephone interview from Washington, D.C.
The Lithuanian president and her Latvian and Estonian counterparts, Andris Berzins and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Friday met with Obama and US Vice-President Joe Biden.
"I was glad to hear that the United States has started viewing the Baltic region as an inseparable part of the Northern region and that they're talking on a broader NB8 scale," said Grybauskaitė.
In her words, "this is a symbol of a new strategic geopolitical US attitude towards our region and the Nordic region." The Lithuanian president recalled that Obama is going to Stockholm next week to meet with the Nordic leaders.
"I also focused my policies and our interests on the Baltic-Nordic region, which the US currently lists among the most important priority geopolitical trajectories," Grybauskaitė said after her first visit to the White House.
