Lithuanian president pledges more focus on ethnic minorities in eastern Lithuania

Speaking with journalists, the president said that “part of this region feels greater economic and social exclusion”, and more attention should be paid to prevent incitement of discord along ethnic lines.

“I am calling on the government to pay more attention to Eastern Lithuania and I will do so myself. (…) There needs to be more focus and investment into our citizens to make fewer possibilities for incitement of discord among Lithuanian citizens,” Grybauskaitė said.

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