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“It just came to our notice then. Therefore, I want to make it very clear here: at this time, I do not see the possibility of these recent ministers occupying the position of ambassador in these countries for a very simple reason, due to the necessary political cooling “Nausėda said. at a press conference on Friday.
“If we really want to depoliticize the diplomatic service not with words, but with our actions and actions, then we must apply that period of political cooling,” added the president.
At the same time, G. Nausėda pointed out that none of these ministers have any complaints about the supervisory work of the ministries assigned to them. Not only that, the president emphasized, it was thanks to him that R. Karoblis remained in office when the government of Saulius Skvernelis returned his powers to him after the presidential elections.
“I have no complaints about the work of the former ministers. Not only that, I participated very actively in the appointment of Mr. Raimundas Karoblis as Minister of National Defense at a time when the Skvernel Government had renounced its powers and one of the parties demanded the post of Minister of National Defense. My resistance led to the fact that Mr. Karoblis remained as Minister of National Defense until the end of his term, “said G. Nausėda.
As announced by ELTA, R. Karoblis and L. Linkevičius, who have led Lithuanian diplomacy for almost a decade, will for the moment hold the position of Ambassadors for Special Assignments in the Department of the European Union of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. L. Linkevičius has been working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since January 11. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Department of the European Union. Mr. Karoblis is due to assume his post on January 25 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as at the Embassy Department of the European Union.
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