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On his working visit to the US, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with the Vice President of the United States of America Joe Biden. Bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the US, promotion of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement, security in Eastern Europe and energy security issues were discussed during the meeting.
Halfway through the visit to the United States, Prime Minister had a meeting with Congressman Adam Schiff, as well as business and trade associations. The Prime Minister pointed out the importance of the United States as Lithuania’s strategic partner, and invited any investments in the country; the Prime Minister shared the ...
In his meeting on Wednesday with the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack, the Prime Minister was delivered good news about the final audit report on equivalence drafted by the United States Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), confirming Lithuania’s compliance with the requirements of the United States and its equivalence to the US’s control system.
During his stay in the United States, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visited one of the most productive shale gas fields in the country, Marcellus, in the state of Pennsylvania and met with the representatives of the academic centre of Pittsburgh University.
On the second leg of his visit to the United States, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius had a meeting with Jeffrey Romoff, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Centre of the University of Pittsburgh (UPMC), followed by the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the Baltic ...
On Monday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius attended meetings focusing on the cooperation of Lithuanian and American scientists in research and innovations.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
On Monday, during his visit to the US, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with the President of the American-Lithuanian Business Council, Eric Stewart, and members of the Council. Several topics were covered during the meeting: the strategic partnership between the US and Lithuania, economic relations, investment opportunities and new export ...
This year, Lithuania will welcome orphaned children from Eastern Ukraine for a school year: this decision has been adopted today by the Cabinet of the Ministers, accompanied with the allocation of LTL 330 thousand. The funds will be used for children‘s education, accommodation, meals, utility bills and other services (health insurance, learning materials, vacations), and other expenses.
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius congratulates Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on his appointment as the new President of the European Council, and the Italian Minister Federica Mogherini on becoming the EU’s next foreign policy chief.
On Thursday, at the Euro Conference Lithuania “Single Market, Single Currency, Common Future”, which was held in Vilnius, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius stressed that the euro adoption in Lithuania is seen as a pledge of economic security.
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has congratulated Ewa Kopacz on her appointment as Prime Minister of Poland. “Lithuania and Poland are united not only by strong historical ties, intensive European agenda, and common security aspirations, but also by particularly close cooperation in energy, culture, and other fields”, reads Prime Minister’s congratulatory letter. “Given the current geopolitical situation, strategic partnership between our countries has become ever more important. A number of mutually important infrastructure projects, alongside other significant matters, lie ahead. I trust that the work that has been started will receive your personal attention”.
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