PM Netanyahu to leave on diplomatic visit to Lithuania 22 August 2018
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PM Netanyahu to leave on diplomatic visit to Lithuania

  • 8/22/2018
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    PM Netanyahu will attend a summit of the Baltic states and will meet, among others, with the prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The four leaders will discuss the deepening of cooperation between their countries.
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    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will, tomorrow (Thursday, 23 August 2018), leave on a diplomatic visit to Vilna, Lithuania. He will attend a summit of the Baltic states (B3+1) and will meet with Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis and Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas. The four leaders will discuss the deepening of cooperation between their countries. Prime Minister Netanyahu will also meet with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite at the presidential palace.
     
    Prime Minister Netanyahu will attend a memorial ceremony at the Ponary memorial site, along with Lithuanian Prime Minister Skvernelis, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius and Fania Brancovskaja, a Holocaust survivor from the Vilna ghetto. The Prime Minister will award a medal and certificate to Birute Slapikiene, the granddaughter of a family of Righteous among the Nations, and visit the Vilna Choral Synagogue, which survived World War II, where he will meet with members of the Lithuanian Jewish community.