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On 30 July in Vilnius, at a meeting with Lithuania’s ethnic Germans living in Germany, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Šarūnas Adomavičius encouraged them to maintain and strengthen ties with Lithuania.

The Vice-Minister acquainted members of the organization “Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Litauen e. V.” (The Community of Germans from Lithuania) with today’s political, economic and cultural relations between Lithuania and Germany, and highlighted the most important bilateral activities.

Vice-Minister Š.Adomavičius noted that Lithuania’s ethnic Germans living in Germany were a “human bridge linking the Lithuanian and German societies”, and invited them to engage more actively in the Lithuanian-German Forum that is well functioning.

“I am convinced that besides the official and diplomatic level, the activities of the forum promote the spread of the idea: “more of Lithuania in Germany and more of Germany in Lithuania”. I would like to take the opportunity to encourage you to participate more actively in the activities of the forum in Germany and, in this way, to contribute to fostering relations with Lithuania,” the Vice-Minister said.

The Organization “Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Litauen e. V.” was founded in 1951 in Germany. During the establishment, this organization united about 10 thousand members. Currently it has about 1 thousand members in entire Germany.  Hardy Mett is the Chairman of the Community of Germans from Lithuania.

The Community publishes a periodical Die Raute (The Rue) four times a year. It reviews the Lithuanian-German relations, Lithuania’s political news and activities of the community. The Almanac Heimatgruss (Homeland Greeting) is published once a year.

Members of Lithuania’s Seimas (Parliament) and the Government, representatives from non-governmental organizations, diplomats from the Embassy of Germany in Lithuania also took part in the meeting with a group of Lithuania’s ethnic Germans who are paying a visit to Lithuania on 24 July - 3 August.