The priorities of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Arvydas Anusauskas, candidate for the country's national defense minister, match, Antanas Bubnelis, spokesman for the president, says.
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Arvydas Anusauskas, a member of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and contender for national defense minister, says he will improve his knowledge of the English language, if appointed the country's national defense minister.
Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen, Lithuania's parliamentary speaker, and Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday and both have been quarantined at home with no symptoms.
An agreement that Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed a year ago to set out the country's defense policy for the next decade is not being implemented, the leader of the biggest opposition party said on Thursday.
Remigijus Zemaitaitis, leader of Lithuania's Order and Justice party, says he has already nominated a former ambassador and diplomat for the country's national defense minister, without disclosing the name.
