The decision to award the award to the President of Ukraine was announced in early December, but Lithuania did not really expect to see Zelensky in person.
The Seimas of Lithuania sent an invitation to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to present the Freedom Prize in January 2023 in Vilnius. This was reported by the Lithuanian edition of LRT.
“We have already sent an official invitation and we will see what the decision will be on January 13. However, it is clear that it is not very realistic to expect his arrival,” commented Parliament Speaker Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen on the invitation.
It is reported that the decision to award the award to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was known in early December, and now the program of the event is being drawn up and considering who can give this award to Zelensky, a ” special laureate. .”
“As the president of Ukraine, he is the leader of this fight for freedom, with his personal leadership and his example, he inspired millions of people in Ukraine to fight and not to give up, he mobilized the whole community of the world against the criminal activities of the Putin regime,” the spokesperson emphasized.
The Lithuanian Parliament established the Freedom Award to evaluate the contribution to free self-determination and sovereignty of the citizens of Central and Eastern Europe. The award is given annually at the solemn meeting of the Seimas on January 13 – the Day of Defenders of Freedom of Lithuania.
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky, were awarded the Sakharov Prize, the main award of the European Union in the field of human rights.
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Source: korrespondent
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