U.S. New York State Assembly congratulates Lithuania on the Day of Restoration of the State
On 21 February at the Consulate General of Lithuania in New York, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius was conveyed the congratulations of the U.S. New York State Assembly on the occasion of February 16 by Mike Miller, a member of the New York State Assembly. Miller conveyed the congratulations to Linkevičius on behalf of the Assembly.
On the occasion of the celebration of the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania, the New York State Assembly issued a special resolution marking the 99th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania’s statehood. The resolution recognizes the outstanding contribution of the oldest Lithuanian-American organization – the Knights of Lithuania or Lietuvos Vyčiai – to strengthening ties between Lithuania and the U.S.A.
The President of the Knights of Lithuania in New York Paul-Michael Kazas noted that since the restoration of the state, Lithuania had been a strong ally of the U.S. According to him, the Knights of Lithuania sought to contribute to increasing Lithuania’s security and well-being, collaborated actively with the authorities of the New York State and New York City, as well as with the members of the U.S. Congress that were elected here.
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