Vilnius, April 6, 2023.- As part of Cuba's foreign policy based on friendship, cooperation and solidarity, Ambassador Beatriz Parra González expressed to the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauséda, her interest in strengthening bilateral relations. The Head of Mission held a meeting with the Lithuanian dignitary after presenting them the day before with the Letters of Credence that accredit her as concurrent ambassador in this Baltic country.
Nauséda recognized in the cordial talk the Cuban achievements in education and sports, areas in which -he considered- both nations can establish collaboration agreements. The Cuban diplomat told Prensa Latina that she was later received at the Foreign Ministry, the Parliament and the Ministry of Health where she held meetings in which she exchanged bilateral issues, the complex international situation, particularly the hostile blockade policy of the United States against the island.
She took advantage of the meetings to thank the Lithuanian government for its accompaniment to the resolutions that Cuba has presented in the UN General Assembly demanding an end to Washington's economic, commercial and financial war, approved with the almost unanimous support of the international community.
Parra is the ambassador of Cuba in Finland based in Helsinki, and also concurrent in Latvia, Estonia and now in Lithuania, the three Baltic countries par excellence. Lithuania is a parliamentary republic with a head of government – the Prime Minister – and a head of state – the President – who appoints the prime minister. Parliament is a unicameral legislative body, and the country is divided into 60 municipalities whose mayors are elected by direct suffrage.
The most productive sectors of Lithuanian industry are chemical and food production, as well as machine building, carpentry, production of construction materials and ready-mix concrete, metallurgical products, as well as refined hydrocarbons.
Vilnius, its capital, has wowed tourism for years, luring visitors with its Baroque Old Town, the largest in Eastern Europe, and aweing them with a different elegance, complex history, and uniquely Lithuanian cultural scene.
(PL-Embacuba Finland)