President Pavel begins state visit to Lithuania

Czech President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva are beginning a state visit to Lithuania, where they will meet President Gitanas Nausėda and his wife Diana at the presidential palace in Vilnius. Pavel is also scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė and visit a monitoring operations centre near the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Security threats from Russia and Belarus and continued support for Ukraine are expected to feature among the main topics of the talks. During the visit, Pavel will also lay a wreath at the Antakalnis Cemetery memorial to those who died for Lithuania’s independence and later meet the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament.