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Lithuania in the News
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24th September 2017
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| Lithuania’s Voice Prominent at UN General Assembly |
President Grybauskaitė & UN Secretary-General Guterres.
Photo courtesy lrp.lt/Robertas Dačkus She met António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, on September 18 and invited him to attend the Centenary celebrations for Lithuania’s Independence Restoration in 2018. On the Secretary-General’s invitation, President Grybauskaitė attended a working lunch on September 19. The world leaders she met included President Donald Trump of the United States, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, President Racep Tayyip Erdo?an of Turkey, all currently faced with and trying to solve grave world crises. During her annual statement to the UN General Assembly and in her talks with world leaders President Grybauskaitė drew attention to Russia’s aggressive actions and in particular to threats posed by the Russian current military exercise “Zapad 2017”. President Grybauskaitė thanked the US President for his firm stance to guarantee Lithuania’s security and to implement NATO’s deterrence measures. Lithuania signed the declaration on reforming the United Nations, drafted on the initiative of US President Donald Trump. The declaration was supported by all EU and NATO members and over 120 UN members and it commits the signatories to support the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in reforming the UN, to make it effective and transparent. Further information: www.lrp.lt |