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Lithuania Highlights Expanding India Ties and Gandhi’s Values
Lithuania and India are building a closer relationship.
They already work together in trade and culture.
They are also increasing cooperation in tourism, education and technology.
More Indian students and community members are now in Lithuania.
The two countries are celebrating links between their histories and languages.
Lithuania has a special respect for Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas about peace and non-violence.
A Lithuanian-born friend of Gandhi, Hermann Kallenbach, helped create a personal connection.
The ambassador also compared Lithuania’s peaceful independence movement to Gandhi’s values.
Lithuania and India are expanding cooperation in trade, culture, tourism, education, technology and people-to-people ties.
Ambassador Diana Mickevičienė said political dialogue and the movement of goods and services remain strong.
The Indian student population and Indian community in Lithuania have grown significantly, she said.
The countries are promoting historical and linguistic links, including connections between Sanskrit and Lithuanian.
Mickevičienė praised Mahatma Gandhi’s values and cited the Baltic Way as an example of peaceful resistance.
- Who
- Lithuania, India and Lithuania’s Ambassador to India Diana Mickevičienė.
- What
- The countries are expanding bilateral cooperation while highlighting shared cultural, historical and philosophical connections.
- Where
- The relationship concerns Lithuania and India, with the ambassador speaking in New Delhi.
- When
- The ambassador discussed the relationship during her four years in India; Lithuania will mark the Baltic Way anniversary on August 23.
- Why
- Both countries want to deepen trade, technology, education, tourism and people-to-people connections, while Lithuania identifies with Gandhi’s principles of peace and non-violence.
Key facts
- Ambassador
- Diana Mickevičienė, Lithuania’s Ambassador to India
- Growing cooperation
- Trade, culture, tourism, education, technology and people-to-people ties
- Community growth
- The Indian community in Lithuania grew three or four times during the ambassador’s four years in India, according to her
- Language link
- The countries highlight a connection between Sanskrit and the Lithuanian language
- Historical connection
- Hermann Kallenbach, a Lithuanian-born Jewish friend of Gandhi, is cited as a link
- Baltic Way
- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed a human chain on August 23 to demand independence, freedom and democracy
- Future focus
- Technological partnerships, including electronic products, components and digital devices
Quotes
Diana Mickevičienė
Lithuania’s Ambassador to India discussing expanding bilateral relations
“We have a good political dialogue and a good understanding between the two countries. We have developing trade and a steady movement of goods and services.We have also seen a steady increase in tourism flows in both directions. We have a good number of Indian students in Lithuania, and the Indian community has grown significantly.”
thehansindia.com
“On August 23, we will mark the anniversary of the Baltic Way, which is a very powerful embodiment of Gandhian resilience and resistance. The populations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed an uninterrupted human chain connecting the three capitals and demanded independence, freedom and democracy.”
thehansindia.com
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