On 23 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis handled the ratification documents of the EU Accession Treaty to Bernardo Uguccioni, Ambassador of the Italian Republic, currently holding presidency over the EU.

According to the Minister, by this symbolic ceremony Lithuania enters the last stage of accession into the EU.

During the ceremony, Minister Valionis thanked Italy and the other 14 EU member states, which had adopted the historic decision to enlarge the EU and backed up Lithuania’s candidature.

The Seimas (Parliament) ratified the Treaty of Accession of Lithuania and the other nine Central and Eastern European countries into the EU on 16 September

Author: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lithuania