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Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas has sent a congratulation letter to the participants of the third General Congress of the Lithuanian Association in Ireland. The congress takes place on 6 October in Dublin.

“I am pleased that your strong community upholds Lithuanian traditions and culture that you assist in spreading the message about the expansive and modern Lithuania all over the world. Thanks to you, Lithuania and Ireland became special partners. You, Lithuanians of Ireland, establish a bridge between those countries,” Minister P.Vaitiekūnas writes in his letter.

The Head of Lithuanian diplomacy thanked the association and its enthusiasts especially for the establishment of Lithuanian schools in Ireland.

“I think that the development of bilateral economic relations and the formation of Lithuanian image in Ireland are those areas, in which your experience and assistance would be very useful to us in Lithuania. Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I am personally open to every initiative of the community,” the letter of the Minister reads.

The Lithuanian Association in Ireland unites and represents all Lithuanians in Ireland. The Association is comprised of about 300 registered members. The voluntary registration was started, when the new web site of the association – www.alb.ie – was launched in August, 2007.

The association is composed of regional communities, the central board and the revision committee. Each registered member is attached to a regional community according to their place of residence in Ireland. Now the association is composed of six regional communities: Dublin, Dundalk, Galway, Cork, Killarney and Mayo.

One of the major activities is to work at Lithuanian schools. Almost all of the regional communities started to mobilise, when Lithuanians gathered to work, teach and study in the environment of the Lithuanian school. Today there are 4 Lithuanian schools: Dublin School 4 Vėjai (Four Winds), Cork School Banga (Wave), Dundalk School Kovo 11-os (11th of March) and Galway Lithuanian school.

For more information about the Lithuanian Association in Ireland, Lithuanian schools, news and events, please visit the web site of the association at www.alb.ie.