Invitation to the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Gotland’s Communiqué and the inauguration of the memorial plaque in Katthammarsvik, Gotland island
On the 21st of August, 5:30 pm in the Katthammarsvik on the island of Gotland (Sweden) will be held an inauguration of the memorial plaque to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Gotland’s Communique. The ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania Eitvydas Bajarūnas will welcome the participants of the event.
The ceremony will be attended by the Chairwoman of the Lithuania Parliament Loreta Graužinienė, the Chairman of the Swedish Riksdag Urban Ahlin, and the governor of Gotland Cecilia Schelin Seidegård. The historical significance of the Gotland’s Communique will be presented by the founder of the Lithuanian Reform Movement, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Council – Restoration Parliament, signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act, former EP member prof. Vytautas Landsbergis and the signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act, former EP member, diplomat Justas Vincas Paleckis.
The event will be also attended by the representatives of the diplomatic, political academic and cultural community.
An inauguration of the commemorative plaque of the Gotland Communiqué to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its signing will culminate the event.
Gotland Communiqué – on August 6, 1989, on Gotland Island (Sweden) representatives of Lithuania and Lithuanian diaspora signed a Gotland Memorandum, which states “that the vital aim of all the Lithuanians around the globe is reestablishment of the independent state of Lithuania. For the first time representatives of different political forces in Lithuania and Lithuanian diaspora expressed their support regarding the restoration of an independent Lithuanian state. Gotland Communiqué served as a solid foundation for the Declaration of Independence of Lithuania on 11 March 1990 by Lithuanian Parliament to be signed. The 36th Lithuanian study week took place in 1989 July 30 – August 6 in 1989, in the Katthammarsvik on the island of Gotland, which culminated within Gotland Communiqué. Numerous Lithuanian and Lithuanian diaspora politicians, public figures, actors of the Youth theatre, representatives of culture attended this Lithuanian study week. Many of them came from Lithuania by sailing boats.
R.S.V.P. by 19th of August to amb.se@urm.lt or 08 667 54 55
