COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARY GENERAL T.JAGLAND ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO LITHUANIA
Updated 2013-06-04
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland will be on official visit in Vilnius on 6 and 7 June to discuss relations between the Council of Europe and Lithuania, but also the country’s priorities for its EU Presidency, including the Eastern Partnership. Other topics include minorities and the human rights situation in Europe.
Mr T.Jagland will meet with H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr. Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, and members of the Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania, and with Mr. Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.Mr T.Jagland will also speak at the opening ceremony of an international conference on “Twenty years of the membership of the Republic of Lithuania in the Council of Europe: lessons and prospects” (9 am, Vilnius University).
