The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers is going to visit Lithuania on the 11^th of March for the celebration of the 20^th independence anniversary of the neighbouring state.

It is expected that Presidents of Estonia - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Poland - Lech Kaczynski, Finland – Tarja Kaarina Halonen, and Slovenia – Danilo Türk, will participate in the events of the 11 March.

The President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenka has also received the invitation from the Head of the Lithuanian state Dalia Grybauskaite, however, he has not yet confirmed his participation and will respond on the issue on Monday, 8 March.

Acting President of Moldova Michai Ghimpu will also arrive to the commemorative events of Lithuania. Georgia will be represented by the Chairman of the Parliament David Bakradze, and Sweden – by the Head of the Riksdag Per Westerberg.

On the 11^th of March Lithuania is going to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of signing the Act concerning the “Restitution of the Independent Lithuanian State”.

Material has been prepared by the Centre of Geopolitical Studies with reference to the article from «Телеграф.lv»of 07 03 2010

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.