PoliticsOn 12 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius participated in an informal General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Bucharest, Romania. The meeting discussed the multiannual financial framework and the EU’s strategic agenda for the next five years. On 7 March 2019, the leadership and the chairs of the committees, commissions and political groups of the Seimas discussed major tasks of the 6th (spring) session that the Seimas is due to commence on 10 March 2019. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with Prime Minister of Latvia Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš on his first visit to Lithuania to discuss the bilateral and regional cooperation, energy security and other relevant issues. The state of play for Brexit, cybersecurity threats and EU-Russia relations are some of the topics for the upcoming plenary session in Strasbourg. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, who came to Lithuania on an official visit. This is one of the first foreign trips made by the newly elected President of Gerogia. The municipal elections in Lithuania took place last week. Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) once again confirmed its unrivaled position in the Vilnius region. As part of his visit to Dublin, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis had a meeting with the Lithuanian community in Ireland and the leaders of the Lithuanian organisations in Ireland to discuss issues of relevance for the diaspora. This year, Lithuania will mark the 29th anniversary of the re-establishment of its independence, commemorating the adoption of the Act on the Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania by the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas on 11 March 1990. On this occasion, a lot of festive events will take place in the Seimas and throughout the country to celebrate Lithuania’ liberation from the Soviet occupation, recall the success of the united fight for freedom and share the joy of living in the independent democratic republic cherished by all Lithuanian people. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he will propose a "rational" solution to Belarus regarding the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which is vehemently criticized by Lithuania, but he gives no details apart from saying that Minsk will not be asked to close the almost-complete facility. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President Alexander Van der Bellen of the Republic of Austria. |
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