Prime Minister Šimonytė has emphasised that Lithuania highly values cooperation in the NB8 format, and will continue to seek to make it more active.
‘A number of joint projects are carried out in education, culture, social and health context. It would be possible to intensify cooperation in the field of innovations to have proper application of scientific achievements in business. Closer and more integrated cooperation with the Nordic countries in the field of cultural co-production is also possible,’ said the Prime Minister.
Lithuania supports the priority of the Nordic Council of Ministers in the field of digitisation, namely, to create a common area for cross-border digital services in the Nordic and Baltic region.
During the conversation, the Head of Government has thanked the Secretary General for the active cooperation and long-term support of the Nordic Council of Ministers to the civil society of Belarus. It is particularly important to support the Belarusian people fleeing repression, to improve the conditions for settling in neighbouring EU countries, to accept more Belarusian students, to support civic initiatives, free media, and Belarusian efforts to document the regime’s crimes, and to seek legal liability in that respect.
The meeting has also stressed that the area of equal opportunities for women and men has enjoyed the longest-running and close cooperation between the Nordic and Baltic countries. As many as 6 out of the 8 Prime Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic region are women, which is an excellent example to the world.
The Nordic Council of Ministers, established in 1971, is marking its 50th anniversary this year. It is a forum for the Nordic intergovernmental cooperation, bringing together five countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden) and three autonomous territories (Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Åland Islands).
