On Tuesday in Vilnius, Washington Square will be held event, intended to celebrate Lithuania and JAV the centennial of diplomatic relations and the 82nd anniversary of the Benjamin Sumner Welles Declaration.
"The holiday is intended to thank our ally the USA, which has never recognized the occupation of the Baltic States and has always supported Lithuania in its struggle for freedom and integration into NATO", the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states.
Lithuania, which announced the restoration of the state in 1918, was de jure recognized by the United States on July 1922, 28. After the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania in the 1940s, US Secretary of State S. Welles stated that the USA does not recognize the Soviet annexation of the three Baltic States, and that the diplomatic and consular institutions of these countries can continue their activities.
The President will attend the event Gitanas Nauseda, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis, US Ambassador Robert Gilchrist, Chairman of the Seimas Interparliamentary Relations Group with the US Emanuelis Zingeris, Deputy Minister of National Defense Vilius Semeška.
There will be a concert in the commemoration Lithuanian army orchestra, the group "Organ roll band" will play. During it, it will be possible to chat with the soldiers of the US Civil Affairs Battalion, they will let you try on the equipment of the US soldiers, and answer questions.
The event is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the US Embassy in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defense, Vilnius city municipality.
