Lithuanians enjoy visa free trips to Canada

  • 2008-03-03
  • By Mike Collier

VILNIUS -- As of 1 March, citizens of Lithuania can travel to Canada without the need for a visa, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has confirmed. The Government of Canada announced this decision on 1 March, inToronto.

"We welcome this decision, made by the Canadian Government, andtogether with the people of Lithuania are enjoying the opening of newpossibilities for cooperation. It is an important step in the historyof bilateral relations between Lithuania and Canada," said Foreign MinisterPetras Vaitiekūnas.

According to Vaitiekūnas, the fact that the CanadianGovernment made this decision means that Lithuania suits therequirements of a visa-free regime in the areas of persons' migration,document protection and border control.

"This decision is a result of good cooperation between the institutions of Lithuania and Canada," he added.