Presidency (2009–present) Dalia Grybauskaitė
1 presidency (2009–present)
1.1 foreign policy
1.1.1 relations russia
1.1.2 relations eu , united states
presidency (2009–present)
grybauskaitė inaugurating arvydas pocius commander of lithuanian armed forces on 28 july 2009.
u.s. secretary of state john kerry meets grybauskaitė in vilnius, 7 september 2013
grybauskaitė , chief of defence of lithuania arvydas pocius.
grybauskaitė assumed presidential duties on 12 july 2009, , accepted half of presidential salary (312,000 litas). first presidential visits abroad made sweden , latvia; in april 2011, made state visit norway.
on 19 december 2013, grybauskaitė decided boycott sochi winter olympics other western leaders, including german president joachim gauck, french president françois hollande, , president barack obama, due russia s human rights violations, attitudes , behaviour eastern partners , lithuania.
in 2014, grybauskaitė re-elected president. received 46% of vote in first round, , defeated zigmantas balčytis of social democratic party in run-off 58% of vote.
foreign policy
relations russia
grybauskaitė , petro poroshenko in kiev, ukraine
following re-election in may 2014, said dignity, self-respect , mutual benefit, these principles should set basis relations between countries , no doubt, knowing our neighbor, wish country democratize , cope arising economic challenges .
in june 2014, grybauskaitė told german news magazine focus: [putin] uses nationality pretext conquer territory military means. s stalin , hitler did. claimed russia , putin characterised aggressiveness, violence, , willingness overstep boundaries.
on 20 november 2014, grybauskaitė, commenting on conflict in ukraine, characterized russia terrorist state carries out open aggression against neighbors .
relations eu , united states
regarding british prime minister theresa may s comments on acting bridge between european union , united states, grybauskaitė said don’t think there necessity bridge. communicate americans on twitter. in march 2017, grybauskaitė criticized government of poland , prime minister beata szydło not endorsing donald tusk again president of european council.
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