LITHUANIA IS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING CLOSE RELATIONS WITH GERMANY
On 1 June in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė met with Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office. Vice-Minister A.Skaisgirytė Liauškienė expressed regret that the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Lithuania was cancelled. W.Hoyer assured that efforts would be made to organize the Chancellor’s visit already this year.
Bilateral cooperation, the EU 2020 Strategy for economic growth and employment, energy security, international security issues – NATO’s new Strategic Concept and NATO Baltic Air-policing mission - were discussed during the meeting.
The EU’s relations with its neighbours in the East - Russia, Belarus and Ukraine - were also discussed.
Vice-Minister A.Skaisgirytė Liauškienė stressed that Lithuania was interested to preserve and develop close relations with Germany, because Germany was one of Lithuania’s most important investors and trading partners.
In 2009, the Lithuanian-German trade turnover amounted to 8.94 billion Litas. Germany is Lithuania’s third biggest export partner on the list (after Russia and Latvia). In 2009, Lithuania’s exports to Germany amounted to 3.94 billion Litas.
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