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The Lithuanian leader will also meet with the re-elected President of Poland Andrzej Duda.
According to the Presidency, G. Nausėda will give a welcome speech at the event in Griunvalde and will place a flower wreath on the monument that recalls this historic event.
It will also reveal a commemorative stone dedicated to the memory of the Lithuanian warriors who fought in the Battle of Grunwald and the common victory.
Vytis and the inscription in Lithuanian and Polish: “From the Lithuanian nation to a common victory” are engraved on this stone.
Construction of the stone was started by the Royal Union of Lithuanian Nobility, the Vilnius Team Officers Association of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Reserve Soldiers Association of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Embassy of Lithuania in Poland and the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, National Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis, Interior Minister Rita Tamašunienė and Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas will also participate in the festive event.
According to the Presidency announcement, a bilateral meeting of the heads of state of Lithuania and Poland will be held at the official ceremony commemorating the battle. It is planned to discuss the security situation in the region, transatlantic cooperation, joint infrastructure projects in the fields of power grid synchronization, transportation.
On Wednesday, the annual Grunwald days were also to begin on the Grunwald battlefield, the main focus of which is to organize a historic fight that draws thousands of participants and spectators. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s event has been canceled.
On July 15, 1410, the Battle of Grunwald near Grunwald was one of the greatest battles of the time. During it, the combined forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, led by Vitautas and Jogaila, crushed the Teutonic Order.
After this battle, the military and political power of the German Order was shattered and its plans to establish a colonial superpower in the Baltic countries were frustrated, thus gaining ground in eastern and central Europe. The allied victory strengthened the international authority of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland and its power.
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