Today, November 21, the President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus goes to Kiev to take part in the events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine, Holodomor.
Today, November 21, the President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus goes to Kiev to take part in the events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine, Holodomor.
On the first day of the visit, President Adamkus will join the Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko in the official opening of an exhibition of works by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.
On Saturday, Lithuania's President will attend the events dedicated to the commemoration of the Great Famine, together with the leaders of Latvia, Poland, Georgia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The heads of states will deliver speeches in the international forum 'Ukraine Remembers – the World Recognizes' dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Holodomor, in the Taras Shevchenko National Opera House of Ukraine. Later on, the participants will honor the memory of victims of the Famine of 1932-1933, and plant a tree.
The President comes back to Vilnius Saturday evening.
PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT
November 21, Friday
16:15 Departure from Vilnius to Kiev
19:00 Opening of the exhibition of works by M. K. Čiurlionis. Welcome address by the President of Lithuania.
November 22, Saturday
11:30 International forum 'Ukraine remembers – the World Recognizes' dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Holodomor, T. Shevchenko National Opera House of Ukraine. Speeches by heads of states
15:00 Cortege to the newly erected Memorial for the Victims of Holodomor of 1932-1933
18:00 Departure from Kiev back to Vilnius