Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender paid an official visit to the Republic of Lithuania from 24 to 25 August.

The Federal President met President Dalia Grybauskaitė for talks in Vilnius on 24 August. On 25 August he met Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and visited the Holocaust Memorial in Paneriai. The Federal President and Ms Büdenbender also visited the NATO’s German led Enhanced Forward Presence in Rukla with President Grybauskaitė.

Prior to their visit to the Republic of Lithuania, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender visited the Republic of Estonia on 22 and 23 August and the Republic of Latvia on 23 and 24 August.

Overview of the programme:

Thursday, 24 August

• Flight to Vilnius, Lithuania
• Presidential Palace
  Welcome with military honours by Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, followed by talks
  Thereafter
  Meet the press
• Antakalnis National Cemetery
  Wreath laying ceremony at the National Memorial to the Victims of the Fight for Independence
• Presidential Palace
  Dinner hosted by the President of the Republic of Lithuania

Friday, 25 August

• Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square
  Talks with Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania
• Paneriai
  Wreath laying ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial
• Rukla
  Visit to the command of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Lithuania with the President of the Republic of Lithuania – briefing by the Commander, inspection of the infrastructure and presentation, meeting with soldiers
• Return flight to Berlin