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Lithuanian airports and road infrastructure are bursting and need upgrading, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says, adding that the upgrading of Vilnius Airport is the minimum task the state must complete.
Rokas Masiulis
Rokas Masiulis
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"The air transport infrastructure is already bursting as it was meant for smaller passenger flows. We must upgrade Vilnius Airport and it's not even part of long-term planning, its' the minimum we must do," he told a conference organized by the Democracy Development Fund and the Valstybė (State)

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