In diesen Tagen erfuhr ich gro\u00dfe Wertsch\u00e4tzung, als mich\u00a0die\u00a0Regierungschefin\u00a0der\u00a0Republik\u00a0Litauen, Ingrida\u00a0\u0160imonyt\u0117,\u00a0zu\u00a0einem\u00a0Gedankenaustausch\u00a0in\u00a0ihrem\u00a0Amtssitz\u00a0in Vilnius\u00a0empfing.\u00a0Dass\u00a0sie\u00a0sich\u00a0bei\u00a0ihrem\u00a0vollen\u00a0Terminkalender\u00a0eine\u00a0ganze\u00a0Stunde\u00a0Zeit\u00a0nahm,\u00a0ist\u00a0schon\u00a0au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlich, gab\u00a0uns\u00a0zugleich\u00a0aber\u00a0auch\u00a0die\u00a0M\u00f6glichkeit,\u00a0alle\u00a0aktuellen\u00a0Fragen\u00a0der\u00a0Au\u00dfen- und\u00a0Sicherheitspolitik\u00a0in der Region und\u00a0weltweit\u00a0zu\u00a0besprechen. Ich bin beeindruckt von ihrer\u00a0entscheidungsfreudigen\u00a0Politik\u00a0und der\u00a0Klarheit\u00a0ihrer\u00a0Konzepte.\u00a0Litauen\u00a0unterst\u00fctzt\u00a0\u2013\u00a0gemeinsam\u00a0mit\u00a0Estland\u00a0und\u00a0Lettland\u00a0\u2013\u00a0seit\u00a0Beginn\u00a0massiv\u00a0die Ukraine in\u00a0ihrem\u00a0Abwehrkampf\u00a0gegen\u00a0den\u00a0brutalen\u00a0Angriffskrieg\u00a0Putins.Was\u00a0sie\u00a0haben,\u00a0schicken\u00a0sie\u00a0ihnen, was\u00a0sie\u00a0k\u00f6nnen,\u00a0machen\u00a0sie\u00a0und\u00a0zwar\u00a0immer\u00a0sehr\u00a0schnell. Premierministerin \u0160imonyt\u0117\u00a0und\u00a0ich w\u00fcrdigten\u00a0die\u00a0Entscheidung\u00a0des\u00a0Verteidigungsministers\u00a0Boris Pistorius,\u00a0sobald\u00a0als\u00a0m\u00f6glich\u00a0eine\u00a0Brigade\u00a0deutscher\u00a0Soldaten\u00a0permanent in\u00a0Litauen\u00a0zu\u00a0stationieren.\u00a0Mit\u00a0der\u00a0Entsendung\u00a0von 4000\u00a0Soldatinnen\u00a0und\u00a0Soldaten\u00a0und\u00a0deren\u00a0Familien\u00a0sieht\u00a0Putin,\u00a0dass\u00a0Deutschland und die NATO es\u00a0ernst\u00a0meinen. Das Signal ist\u00a0klar,\u00a0dass\u00a0im\u00a0Falle\u00a0eines\u00a0Angriffs\u00a0Russlands\u00a0gegen\u00a0einen\u00a0NATO-Staat\u00a0dies den\u00a0B\u00fcndnisfall\u00a0f\u00fcr\u00a0alle\u00a0ausl\u00f6st. Ich selbst z\u00e4hle zu denjenigen, die eine rasche Lieferung von Taurus-Marschflugk\u00f6rpern fordern, um die Ukraine in die Lage zu versetzen, sich\u00a0effektiv\u00a0gegen\u00a0die\u00a0brutalen\u00a0russischen\u00a0Angriffe\u00a0zur\u00a0Wehr\u00a0setzen zu k\u00f6nnen. Jedes Zuwarten kostet Menschenleben. Unmittelbar nach meiner Ankunft in Vilnius wurde ich vom Deutschen Botschafter Dr. Cornelius Zimmermann empfangen,\u00a0der\u00a0erst\u00a0einen\u00a0Tag\u00a0zuvor\u00a0mit\u00a0seinem\u00a0Antrittsbesuch\u00a0bei\u00a0Staatspr\u00e4sident\u00a0Naus\u0117da\u00a0sein Amt\u00a0\u00fcbernommen\u00a0hatte. Weiterer\u00a0H\u00f6hepunkt\u00a0meines\u00a0Aufenthaltes\u00a0in Vilnius war meine Rede\u00a0anl\u00e4sslich\u00a0der\u00a0Er\u00f6ffnung\u00a0des\u00a0Neuen\u00a0Akademischen\u00a0Jahres\u00a0an der\u00a0Mykolas\u00a0Romeris\u00a0University (MRU).\u00a0Im\u00a0Rahmen\u00a0eines\u00a0Festaktes, an dem\u00a0auch\u00a0der\u00a0ehemalige\u00a0Pr\u00e4sident\u00a0Litauens, Prof.\u00a0Vytautas\u00a0Landsbergis, die\u00a0Ministerin\u00a0f\u00fcr\u00a0Wirtschaft\u00a0und Innovation und der\u00a0B\u00fcrgermeister\u00a0von Vilnius\u00a0teilnahmen,\u00a0appellierte\u00a0ich\u00a0an die\u00a0Studierenden,\u00a0ihre\u00a0Chancen\u00a0zu\u00a0einer\u00a0gro\u00dfartigen\u00a0Ausbildung zu\u00a0nutzen.\u00a0 Im Anschluss \u00fcberreichte ich\u00a0zusammen\u00a0mit\u00a0der\u00a0Rektorin\u00a0Prof. Dr. Inga\u00a0\u017dal\u0117nien\u0117\u00a0und Prof.\u00a0Virgis\u00a0Valentinavi\u010dius\u00a0die\u00a0Preise\u00a0an\u00a0drei\u00a0Studierende, die in\u00a0diesem\u00a0Jahr\u00a0erfolgreich\u00a0an der\u00a0Ausschreibung\u00a0meiner\u00a0Friedenstiftung\u00a0an der MRU\u00a0teilgenommen\u00a0hatten. Dies waren Andra Ma\u017erimait\u0117 (3. Preis), Volodymir Tsybka, Ukraine (2. Preis) und\u00a0Vilius Lapis (1. Preis). Vor\u00a0meiner\u00a0R\u00fcckreise\u00a0traf\u00a0ich mich\u00a0erneut\u00a0mitSwetlana\u00a0Tichanovskaja, der\u00a0Ikone\u00a0des\u00a0politischen\u00a0Widerstandes\u00a0in Belarus.\u00a0Ich geh\u00f6re\u00a0zu\u00a0den Menschen, die\u00a0sie\u00a0als\u00a0einer\u00a0der\u00a0Ersten\u00a0nach\u00a0der\u00a0brutalen\u00a0Niederschlagung\u00a0des\u00a0Widerstandes\u00a0in Belarus und\u00a0ihrer\u00a0Flucht\u00a0nach\u00a0Litauen\u00a0aufgesucht\u00a0hatten; inzwischen sind wir freundschaftlich verbunden. Ich\u00a0habe\u00a0Swetlana\u00a0Tichanovskaja\u00a0nach\u00a0Heidelberg\u00a0eingeladen. Sie\u00a0ist\u00a0eine\u00a0bemerkenswerte,\u00a0couragierte\u00a0Frau. Ich\u00a0m\u00f6chte\u00a0sie\u00a0eines\u00a0Tages\u00a0in\u00a0ihrer\u00a0Heimat\u00a0besuchen,\u00a0wenn\u00a0Belarus\u00a0ein\u00a0freies,\u00a0demokratisches\u00a0Land\u00a0ist.\u00a0Vorher\u00a0m\u00f6chte\u00a0ich\u00a0sie\u00a0in Heidelberg\u00a0willkommen\u00a0hei\u00dfen. Ich\u00a0denke,\u00a0dass\u00a0sie\u00a0kommt,\u00a0sobald\u00a0ihre\u00a0Reisen\u00a0durch\u00a0die\u00a0ganze\u00a0Welt dies\u00a0zulassen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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