King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium are starting their three-day state visit to Lithuania with a meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday.
The Belgian monarch will later go to the Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius to lay a wreath at the monument to those who died in the struggle for Lithuania’s independence.
On Tuesday, King Philippe, together with Nausėda, will attend a Lithuanian-Belgian business forum before visiting the Sunrise Valley Science and Technology Park.
The royal couple and the president and his wife, Diana Nausėdienė, will visit the Old Town of Vilnius and meet with students at Vilnius University.
On Wednesday, King Philippe and Nauseda are scheduled to visit Belgian troops at the Pabrade training area close to Vilnius.
The royal couple and the president and his wife are also scheduled to go to Kaunas, Lithuania’s second city which is the 2022 European Capital of Culture.
Queen Mathilde will focus on culture and social issues during her visit.
On Monday, the queen and Nausėdiene are to visit the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.
On Wednesday, they are scheduled to meet with Ukrainian war refugees at a Ukrainian centre in Vilnius, and to visit Pirmas Blynas, a restaurant in the Lithuanian capital that hires people with disabilities to help them integrate into society.
The monarchs will be presented with the Order of Vytautas the Great for their personal contribution to the development of relations between Lithuania and Belgium.
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