MFA rejects the proposal not to allow those who performed in Russia and Belarus into Lithuania: also named the reason

The project by a group of Seimas members was rejected by the parliament in April and returned to the initiators for improvement, but in mid-June, the Seimas nevertheless decided to continue considering the slightly amended initiative.

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The project was previously criticized by both the Seimas Law Department and the Ministry of Justice.

They noted that it could contradict European Union law, according to which a ban on a foreigner entering a member state must be based on an individual assessment of the foreigner’s situation and behavior.

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This time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also joined the ranks of critics, while noting that it supports the idea itself.

But not the specific project submitted mostly by opposition politicians – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has much broader ambitions.

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