"Suwalki has quite a large Lithuanian community, but it does not have any community center. This is a request from the local community," Matulionis told BNS.
The center may also house a Lithuanian kindergarten. The current plan is to lease the premises.
"The community does not have the money and will need some form of support. I think (the building) would be leased, rather than purchased. We don't have the funds to purchase it," the vice chancellor said.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has discussed the need for a Lithuanian education and culture center at bilateral meetings with the leaders of Poland and the northeastern region of Suwalki.
Last February, Skvernelis said he hoped that such a center could be opened in September.
The Lithuanian prime minister raised the issue during a meeting with his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, last September. Skvernelis said then that Morawiecki had promised to deal with the issue of a building for the center.
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