Prime Minister of Lithuania Plants Tree in Jerusalem

9/21/2015
photo: Yoav Devir
“I am pleased to have the opportunity to take part in this festive ceremony and glad that relations between Lithuania and Israel are developing.”
The Prime Minister of Lithuania, Dr. Algirdas Butkevicius, planted an olive tree in the KKL-JNF Grove of Nations in Jerusalem several days before the Jewish New Year. He was the 75th head of state to plant a tree in the Grove of Nations, where presidents and prime ministers plant a tree as a sign of friendship with the State of Israel and the Jewish people, and as a blessing for peace.

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