"Ireland remains a sincere friend of Lithuania. It supported Lithuania's accession to the European Union (EU) and gave its backing to our country during its Presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2013. Ireland has now voiced its support for Lithuania in its pursuit of membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The accession talks are due to start already this summer," the deputy speaker of the Seimas and chair of the Committee on European Affairs said after the meeting with Ambassador Noonan, the press service of the Seimas reports.
MP Kirkilas noted that "Ireland has a strong interest in investments by Irish businesses in Lithuania, notably in the field of information technologies (IT) since Ireland has considerable experience in the area and is willing to share it with Lithuania. With a view to contributing to the efforts to restore peace all over Europe, Ireland also supports the expansion of sanctions regime against Russia".
Ambssador Noonan commenced his duties in Lithuania last September and replaced Ambassador Philomena Murnaghan, whose term of office expired last summer. Noonan had previously worked in the Irish Embassies in Buenos Aires (Argentine), Bucharest (Romania) and Cairo (Egypt).
