PM Netanyahu meets with Lithuanian President Grybauskaute 24 August 2018
Israeli Missions Around The World MFA Press Room 2018 PM Netanyahu meets with Lithuanian President Grybauskaute 24 August 2018

PM Netanyahu meets with Lithuanian President Grybauskaute

  • 8/24/2018
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    PM Netanyahu: This is not a regular visit for me; it's full of historical meaning, both the history of the Jews here in Lithuania and also my personal history. My great-grandfather came from Lithuania.
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    PM Netanyahu with Lithuanian President Grybauskaute PM Netanyahu with Lithuanian President Grybauskaute Copyright: GPO/Amos Ben-Gershom
     
     
    ​(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
     
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 24 August 2018), at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, met with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and made the following remarks at the start of their meeting:
     
    "I have to tell you that this is not a regular visit for me. It's full of historical meaning, both the history of the Jews here in Lithuania and also my personal history, my family's personal history. My great-grandfather came from Lithuania."