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During his visit to Poland, the Speaker of the Seimas emphasised the new quality of bilateral relations


Media release of 8 April 2009

 

Speaker of the Seimas started his official visit to Warsaw meeting with Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski.

 

Mr. Valinskas noted that the two countries and nations were connected by a common history of both prominent events and painful moments, and that a lot had been done in recent decades in developing cooperation of our countries in politics, economics, regional cooperation and other areas.

 

“However, today, when celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Lithuanian-Polish agreement on friendly relations and good neighbourhood cooperation, we have to take a new look at the relations of our states, expand and develop mutual cooperation of our countries and nations. Concerning our bilateral relations, a lot of attention has been recently paid to the issues of national minorities. We suggest focussing on the new quality of our relations in the context of membership of our countries in the EU and NATO, and solving other issues through a well-wishing and constructive dialogue. We can, we must, and we will do it,” said the Speaker of the Seimas.

 

The Head of the Parliament informed that the Seimas had already registered a draft Seimas resolution on addressing the Constitutional Court regarding clarification whether printing a person’s name and surname in the official language together with the indication of the name and surname in other non-Lithuanian alphabet letters (in the cases of non-Lithuanian nationals) in personal identity documents issued in Lithuania is allowed by law.

 

The Speaker of the Seimas offered to the Speaker of the Polish Sejm to consider how the two countries could mark the approaching 600th anniversary of the Battle of Žalgiris (Battle of Grunwald).

 

Speaker of the Seimas Mr. Valinskas also met with President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczynski. The Head of the Parliament expressed a hope that the planned visit of the President of Poland to Lithuania would also contribute to the new quality of strategic relations.

 

“Today we should focus more on economic and communication matters and infrastructure projects,” said Mr. Valinskas. Participants of the meeting agreed that they should discuss common issues such as membership in NATO and the EU, as well as the Eastern Partnership Programme.

 

Indrė Viržintė, Spokesperson of the Seimas Speaker

 





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