Lithuanian PM keeps mum on his Istanbul Convention vote
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VILNIUS, Jun 13, BNS – Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has postponed his visit to Israel to bring the government-proposed tax reform, now being deliberated by the Seimas, "under control".
"The visit has been postponed due to the structural reforms that are moving forward not as smoothly as it was expected, and the prime minister need to bring the process under control," Skirmantas Malinauskas, an adviser to the prime minister, told BNS Lithuania.
Skvernelis planned to visit Israel on Jun. 18–20 and meet with Israel's president, prime minister and speaker of the parliament, and also meet with the Palestinian prime minister in Bethlehem.
A new time for the visit is now being arranged, Malinauskas said.
Skvernelis hopes the Seimas will approve the tax reform plan by the end of thus month for it to come into force in January. But even lawmakers from the ruling coalition do not back certain proposals.
By Vaidotas Beniusis
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VILNIUS, Jun 13, BNS – Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, currently visiting Vilnius, on Wednesday congratulated the people of Lithuania on the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Baltic country's statehood and called on them to enjoy freedom.
"Though centuries you struggled and now you have achieved the basic human right – freedom, so enjoy that. I very much want to express my congratulations to the people of Lithuania. Wonderful," he told a press conference in Vilnius on Wednesday.
"Every small nation can make some significant contribution, (...) promoting compassion in humanity. This century should be a compassionate century, not a century of weapons, not a century of too much competition or show of force. I think that is out of date," the Dalai Lama said.
He also compared Lithuania and Tibet's freedom aspirations and said that one could find similarities and differences in every case but freedom has been a universal human aspiration for thousands of years.
"Without freedom, you cannot utilize human intelligence fully, so therefore freedom is very important," Tibet's spiritual leader said.
Later on Wednesday, the guest will visit Tibet's Square in the Uzupis area of Vilnius and will plant a symbolic tree for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania's statehood.
The State of Lithuania was restored on Feb. 16, 1918, when the Act of Lithuania's Independence was signed by the Council of Lithuania in Vilnius.
Meanwhile, Tibet lost its autonomy from China in 1951 when Beijing deployed its army to this territory after its declared independence.
China claims to have liberate Tibet then but some locals accuse the central government of religious and cultural oppression.
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