8 September 2010
Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė received Georgian
Prime Minister Nika Gilauri on an official visit to Lithuania
At the meeting
with the Georgian Prime Minister, the Leader of the Lithuanian Parliament noted
that Georgia remains an important country in the Lithuanian foreign policy.
This fact was attested by the Resolution
supporting Georgias territorial integrity, adopted in June. Lithuania
is and will be a friend of Georgia. We are supporting and will support the
territorial integrity of Georgia, its Euro Atlantic aspirations, reforms and
democracy development. We will continue to bring up this issue in the future at
various international meetings, I. Degutienė said.
Georgian Prime
Minister N. Gilauri noted that the Resolution adopted by the Seimas
is very significant for the people of his country and on behalf of all of
them he expressed gratitude to the Speaker of the Seimas for supporting this
document.
The resolution
of the Seimas is the most significant document that has ever been adopted for
Georgia beyond its borders. Allow me to express my gratitude to you personally
for your strong support and efforts to adopt it. I am expressing the gratitude
not only on my own behalf, but also on behalf of the President of Georgia, the
Parliament of Georgia and the public of Georgia, N. Gilauri said.
The meeting
discussions included Georgian rapprochement efforts with the European Union and
NATO, facilitation of the Schengen Area visa regime for Georgian residents, the
EU-Georgia Association Agreement and the EU-Georgia Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Agreement and the progress, achieved by Georgia in its negotiations on
the above mentioned agreements.
Secretariat of the Speaker of the Seimas,
tel. 239 6023, 8 698 42073
