The President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausèda was received yesterday by the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto in the Magistral Palace. The Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Lithuania Mag. Manfred L. Ritter Mautner von Markhof participated in the meeting together with the Grand Chancellor Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager and the Grand Magistry’s Secretary General of Foreign Affairs Stefano Ronca.

Numerous issues were discussed during the meeting. The President confirmed his appreciation for the Order of Malta’s work in his country and the Grand Master thanked him, his wife, the First Lady Diana Nausėdienė, and the Lithuanian authorities for their constant support.

Malteser Lithuania, said the President Nausèda, who took office last July, ‘assists the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society. It promotes voluntary service and fosters values of understanding, compassion and solidarity. For the Order of Malta, the doors of the Presidential Palace are always open’.

International topics were also touched, such as peace and security, the situation in the region, Lithuania’s engagement in peace-keeping missions abroad, as well as the need for greater solidarity among European nations to tackle the migration problem.