VilniusThe EU withdrew sponsorship over a panel on US interference.
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Internal State Department documents quoted by reporters show officials thanking Lithuania, which withdrew support with Canada, after US officials contacted several governments.
“We were not comfortable with the framing of some of the discussions,” said EU spokesperson Christian Wigand.
Reporters name Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers as behind the US action.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria
- reports the EU's withdrawal as a clash over the 'USA as a FIMI threat' panel framing, with logos hastily covered by paper strips
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria