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Lithuanian president vows to get back to dual citizenship issue

2019-12-06
BNS/TBT Staff

LONDON – Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has met with Lithuanians living in the United Kingdom and promised that the government will get back to the matter of preserving Lithuanian citizenship for Lithuanian emigrants who became citizens of other countries. ...

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