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“We have repeatedly informed decision makers about the company’s activities, we have some information that raises serious doubts about its reliability and performance, I will not name them specifically, because it is confidential information, but all decision makers have this information. During the annual threat presentation, Mr. Jauniškis answered the question as to why the activities of this company pose a threat to national security.
On Thursday, the intelligence services presented an annual assessment of threats to national security in the Seimas.
Last week, the government commission that oversees the transactions of strategic companies, which includes representatives from various ministries, law enforcement agencies and intelligence services, proposed blocking Avia Solutions Group’s plans to expand at Vilnius airport due to risks to the National security.
The commission considered the plans of a group led by businessman Gediminas Žiemelis to expand the hangar at Vilnius airport, where planes are serviced and repaired.
Representatives for Avia Solutions Group said they were disappointed with the decision and called it a “witch hunt.”
In recent years, Lithuanian national security authorities have been cautious of Avia Solutions Group’s investments due to its previous operations at Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport and aviation operations in Russia.
Vygaudas Ušackas, a member of the Avia Solutions Group board of directors, said that the reconstruction of the hangar managed by the company does not pose any threat, and that the group and its shareholder G. Žiemelis sold shares in Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport a couple of years ago. years. .
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