Gitanas Nauseda in the Verkhovna Rada
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Gitanas Nauseda said that about a third understands Ukrainian, but it was not easy for him to speak Ukrainian.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda admitted that it was not easy for him to make a speech in Ukrainian in the Verkhovna Rada, but he is glad that he was able to do it. Nauseda said this in an interview. European truthwhich was published on Tuesday April 6th.
“At first, when I was planning this, I thought it would not be difficult to make a speech in Ukrainian. And only then I realized that this is not an easy job,” he said.
The President noted that he wanted to express his sympathy for Ukraine with such a gesture.
“I really wanted to express my feelings, to express my sympathy. And I was sure that I could do it if I spoke exactly in Ukrainian. So, I did it, and I am happy about it. And I hope people understood that it was me wanted to say “, – said Gitanas Nauseda.
He added that he understands Ukrainian by about 30-40%, and sometimes looks out of curiosity Evening quarter.
The journalist offered the Lithuanian president to translate the phrase “Ukraine and Lithuania together forever” in Ukrainian, which he did not quite succeed, but Nauseda, on his own initiative, said in Ukrainian “Crimea is Ukraine”, answering a question about the peninsula.
Recall Nauseda was on an official visit to Ukraine on March 18-19, during which he met with President Vladimir Zelensky. And on March 19 he addressed the Ukrainian people’s deputies within the walls of the Verkhovna Rada.
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