- March 15, 2019
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Gitanas Nausėda: I am in support of original spelling of surnames on the other side of the passport
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Presidential candidate Gitanas Nausėda has presented his priorities in foreign policy.
Economist has declared that for the first visit he will go to Warsaw. ‘For the first visit I will go to Poland. Our plans about territorial defense will not have sense without cooperation with our southern neighbour. I would like our economic cooperation to be more dynamic (…) My negotiating position – I am for original spelling of surnames on the other sides of the passport’ – the candidate stated.
“When speaking about the Polish and North-European wing, I would like Lithuania to devote a lot of attention to both formats, because it is not contradictory. Perhaps when Brexit becomes a reality, Great Britain will join the North European format’ – the politician suggested.
Nausėda has stated that he is for the strengthening of NATO and for dialogue with Russia. At a given stage, collaboration with Russia is primarily to refer to economic and cultural matters.
Translated by Oskar Pytka within the framework of a traineeship programme of the European Foundation of Human Rights, www.efhr.eu.