Former British PM conferred with Lithuanian award of distinction
VILNIUS - Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher has been conferred with a prestigious Lithuanian national award.
The Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas was given to the former prime minister on Feb. 13 by LithuanianPresident Valdas Adamkus.
Thatcher was awarded with the order for merits to Lithuania, as well as cultivation and support of bipartite relations.
Margaret Thatcher was the first and so far the only female prime minister of the United Kingdom, leading the country from 1979 to 1990 and winning three general elections along the way.
The presidential press service announced that Thatcher noted at the ceremony that she is especially happy over Lithuania's membership in NATO and the European Union (EU) after having suffered so many years of oppression.
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