Ex-president Adamkus awarded for his contribution to Lithuania's NATO, EU integration

• Published date: 17 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

Lithuania's former President Valdas Adamkus was presented with the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star, a new award established by the Seimas, at a ceremony in the parliament on Tuesday.

"I am very pleased that the award goes to President Valdas Adamkus in the first year it is presented," Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen, the speaker of the Seimas, said before the ceremony. "His contribution to Lithuania's security and its Euro-Atlantic integration is enormous and cannot be overestimated,"

The war in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of Lithuania's membership of NATO and the European Union, she said.

The Seimas established the award, named after Stulginskis, an interwar president of Lithuania, in 2020.

Adamkus was awarded the star for his "substantial contribution to the negotiations on Lithuania's accession to NATO and the European Union, the major organizations of the community of Western nations", the Seimas has said in a press release.

The parliament has also granted the Aleksandras...