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Minister questions value of lawmakers’ Brussels visit

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lithuanian lawmakers Ignas Vėgėlė and Rimas Jonas Jankūnas plan to travel to Brussels to meet Chinese representatives to the European Union.
  • Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said the visit would not help Lithuania achieve its objectives, and parliament’s board rejected the trip as an official delegation.
  • Vėgėlė said he would still go at his own expense, while lawmaker Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė referred the visit to parliament’s Ethics and Procedures Commission.

Two Lithuanian parliamentarians plan to go to Brussels to meet Chinese representatives to the European Union, despite doubts from the foreign minister and a refusal from parliament’s leadership to endorse the trip.

Ignas Vėgėlė and Rimas Jonas Jankūnas had sought to make the visit. Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said it would not help Lithuania achieve its goals. The Foreign Ministry provided the lawmakers with its assessment and relevant information.

The Seimas board rejected the trip, meaning the two lawmakers will not travel as official representatives of parliament. Vėgėlė confirmed that he intends to go at his own expense.

The planned visit has also drawn a procedural challenge. Conservative lawmaker Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė referred the matter to the Seimas Ethics and Procedures Commission.

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