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The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service's move to terminate a contract with Helisota helicopter and aircraft repairs company, which is indirectly owned by businessman Gediminas Žiemelis, was legitimate, as the contract threatened Lithuania's national security, the Court of Appeals ruled.
Court upholds termination of border service's deal with Helisota
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"The objective of public procurement is to purchase services that would not only ensure direct functions of the State Border Guard Service, namely, execution of the border regime control, but also the function assigned to the country's Armed Forces - military defense of the state in case of war.

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