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On 22 December at the Petrašiūnai Cemetery in Kaunas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vygaudas Ušackas and other Foreign Ministers of re-established Lithuania – Algirdas Saudargas, Antanas Valionis and Petras Vaitiekūnas – laid flowers and lighted candles on the graves of the prominent diplomats of the pre-war period: Minister Juozas Urbšys, Secretary General of the Ministry Petras Klimas and chief of the Lithuanian diplomacy Stasys Lozoraitis.

The Ministers also honoured the memory of other prominent Lithuanian diplomats: Stasys Lozoraitis Junior, Kazys Lozoraitis and Stasys Sakalauskas.

At the Petrašiūnai Cemetery, the Ministers and Mayor of Kaunas Andrius Kupčinskas laid flowers at the memorial for political prisoners and deportees.

Heads of diplomacy of re-established Lithuania visited the memorial flat of J.Urbšys and met with Marija Urbšytė, the niece of J.Urbšys. They viewed the exposition and signed the guest book.

Minister V.Ušackas suggested including a visit to the museum of J.Urbšys into the educational program of students, who study diplomacy.

“This visit to the temporary capital of Lithuania of the interwar period is a touch upon the living history of diplomacy,” said Minister V.Ušackas.

Foreign Ministers of re-established Lithuania also visited Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. They met with Rector Zigmas Lydeka and held a discussion with the professors of the university about the past and the present of the Lithuanian diplomacy, the mission of the diplomatic service and challenges in the global world. The discussion was moderated by Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy Prof. Leonidas Donskis.

Ministers also saw the historic exhibition ‘White Gloves: Official and Unofficial Diplomacy in Kaunas in 1918-1940’ at the historical Office of the President in Kaunas.

This year Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania is marking its 90th anniversary.