During the courtesy call, the Ambassador of Lithuania relayed the congratulations by Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, to President Wilhelmsen Trøen on her recent election to this position. Moreover, Ambassador Paslauskas expressed his gratitude to the Storting for its long-term support to Lithuania and drew the President’s attention to the positive dynamics of bilateral trade and Norway’s input into Lithuania’s security, as well as to close people-to-people contacts.
President Wilhelmsen Trøen highly appreciated relations with Lithuania both bilaterally and in the framework of the Nordic-Baltic cooperation. Furthermore, the head of the Norwegian parliament supported the necessity to further strengthen bilateral ties between Lithuania and Norway, including cooperation between parliamentarians.