Foreign minister invited Chinese students to come to Lithuania (6)

The following news release has been republished here courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Lithuania

On 25 May at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis gave a lecture to students about Lithuania and invited Chinese students to study in Lithuania. At the meeting with President of the University Chen Yulu, the Minister was glad that he had a possibility to visit the only university in China with the Lithuanian language course.

"Despite the apparent complexity of the Chinese language, more and more Lithuanians look ahead and see that China began to assert its global economic power, so they make a resolve to study Mandarin,” head of the Lithuanian diplomacy said. In turn, I would like to congratulate all of you, who are studying the Lithuanian language, which is also a very difficult language,” the head of Lithuanian diplomacy said.

During the lecture at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Minister acquainted Chinese students with key moments in the history of Lithuania, the country’s economic achievements and the victories of Lithuanian basketball players.

"Allow me to take this opportunity and invite you to choose a non-traditional field of study and to come and study in Lithuania, the country which is situated in the geographical centre of continental Europe and on the crossroads of east and west, north and south. We have the world’s leading Information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and an impressive list of significant European and global records in this field, Minister A.Ažubalis said.

The Minister assumed that bilateral relations had much space for development. He suggested aiming at more intensive student exchanges in the field of education.

Founded in 1941, Beijing Foreign Studies University is China’s first institution specializing in foreign language studies.

In November 2010, the first Confucius Institute in the Baltic States was opened in Lithuania, which according to A.Ažubalis demonstrates the desire of Lithuanians to learn more about China.

In 2008-2009, 22 Chinese students studied at Lithuanian universities.

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