17 persons became citizens of the Republic of Lithuania

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Priesaika
2020-07-23

On 23th of July 2020, in the White Hall of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (Sventaragio str. 2, Vilnius), 17 persons, who have been granted citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, took the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania and became citizens of the Republic of Lithuania.

3 of the person were stateless, 14 took an oath after losing citizenship of another state (8 – Russian, 2 – Belarus, 1 – Lebanon, 1 – Kazakhstan, 1 – Turkey, 1 – Ukrainian).

Oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania was administered by Vice-Minister of the Interior Tautvydas Tamulevičius.