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Grybauskaite supports creation of development fund for southeast Lithuania

BC, Vilnius, 28.05.2015.Print version
President Dalia Grybauskaite supports the creation of a southeast Lithuania development fund aimed at improving the situation in Vilnius district, Salcininkai, Visaginas and other municipalities. In the autumn 2015, the Lithuanian Parliament should decide on the establishment of the fund, informs LETA/ELTA.

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On Thursday, the president visited Cekoniskes village in Vilnius district. According to her, Opposition parties have registered the proposal at the Seimas.

 

Grybauskaite said that if discussions were successful, then the ruling parties should join the initiative because east Lithuania lacked attention. The president said that Lithuania should show more attention to ethnic minorities before another country did. The president added that she did not have Poland in mind. Therefore Grybauskaite said she supported the idea of the fund but noted that financing resources should be considered as well as who would manage the fund.

 

Moreover, Grybauskaite reminded that a major and successful programme was implemented in the early 1990s. She said the programme helped minorities integrate into Lithuania and make it their homeland.

 

According to Grybauskaite, this is also the objective now. Finally, the president said she was pleased that people speaking various languages live together.






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