Grybauskaite: Some people in Europe doesn't want to see aggressor

Europe should learn the lessons of history and prevent the rise of new aggressors, whom some do not want to notice.

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite said it on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, ru.DELFI.lt reports.

The Lithuanian president says that present-day Europe does not see parallels with the historical events of the first half of the 20th century, with the rise of Hitlerism and with the acceptance or disregard that then allowed the aggressor's regime to take root.

“Unfortunately, we can see parallels in today's Europe as well when some people don’t want to see the aggressor and choose to accept the things that are now happening in Europe and the world. We have major international terrorism far from Lithuania's border. But a little closer, we see open aggression of a neighbour against a neighbour. And these are crimes against humanity – aggression, violence, especially against civilians. We now see more civilian people rather than armies, armed people, hurt in military conflicts,” Grybauskaite said on Tuesday in an interview with the Lithuanian radio.