3. Statements by the President

Verbatim reports

The President made a statement marking the 30th anniversary of the events of 13 January 1991 in Vilnius during which 14 people died and several hundreds were wounded after the Soviet army moved against demonstrators from the Lithuanian independence movement. He paid tribute to all those Lithuanians who had defended their freedom, democracy and the rule of law.

He also denounced the arrest of the Russian opposition figure Aleksei Navalny on his arrival in Moscow the previous day, Sunday, 17 January 2021. He thanked the German authorities for the medical care and assistance they had given Aleksei Navalny and called on the Russian authorities to release him.