Press release, 14 July 2016
On behalf of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and on her own behalf, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, congratulated Claude Bartolone, President of the French National Assembly, Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate, and all the people of France on the occasion of the French National Day.
“I am happy that Lithuania and France are bound by friendly and close political, economic and cultural relations, and that our cooperation in the European Union and NATO has grown even stronger in recent years,” the Speaker of the Seimas underlined. While extending her congratulations, Mrs Graužinienė wished the French Parliament and its leadership every success and creative endeavours in ensuring prosperity to the people of France.
The Speaker of the Seimas took the opportunity to thank France for its substantial contribution to enhancing security in Lithuania and the whole Baltic Sea region. Mrs Graužinienė said that present-day realities demonstrated a need for support of credible allies to defend freedom. She was therefore convinced that we “have to stand united and fight for Europe that is safe and free”.
Neringa Mikėnaitė, Adviser to the Speaker of the Seimas, tel. +370 5 239 6344, mob. +370 698 42 759, e-mail: [email protected]
