Within the framework of an official visit to Georgia, Defence Minister of Lithuania went to see the memorial of heroes who had fallen in the fight for the unity and territorial integrity of Georgia, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Defense.
Juozas Olekas held a minute of silence to pay tribute to the memory of the Georgian heroes and those ones who died in action in international missions and laid wreath on the memorial. Together with the Lithuanian guest Deputy Defence Minister of Georgia Mikheil Darchiashvili paid a tribute to the memory of the Georgian heroes. The MoD military brass band performed Lithuanian and Georgian state anthems. Two-day long official visit of Defence Minister of Lithuania to Georgia comes to an end tomorrow.