NAGKASUNDO ang Pilipinas at Lithuania na palakasin ang ugnayan nito sa larangan ng teknolohiya, cybersecurity, edukasyon, at people-to-people exchanges upang matugunan ang iba’t ibang hamon.

Sa presentasyon ng credentials ni Lithuanian Non-Resident Ambassador to the Philippines Ricardas Slepavicius kay Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa Malacañang, ipinarating ng Lithuanian envoy ang pagnanais na mapalakas ang ugnayan ng kanyang bansa sa Pilipinas.

“We cannot neglect distance… But I believe we have some technological solutions which could be interesting for [the] Philippines. For example for cybersecurities, on the economy, green energy, on biotech, we could share our experiences and help companies or Philippines [do] business there,” ani Slepavicius.

“I would believe that would be a basis for our future economic cooperation, create … classical one but we are thinking about corporation or partnership which could bring us together. And definitely, we do have some technological solutions, that could be interesting,” dagdag pa nito.

Sinabi ni Slepavicius na ang Lithuania ay pioneer sa laser development at maaari umanong makatuwang ng kanilang bansa ang Pilipinas upang mapagyaman pa ito.

Ayon pa sa envoy ang Lithuania ang may hawak ng 10 porsyento ng global market sa larangan ng scientific laser.

“[That] could be in a scientific area. Say we have a small nation with specific expertise which we do have, we could really be good partners for your business, your universities, scientific institutions,” dagdag pa ni Slepavicius.

Sumang-ayon naman dito si Pangulong Marcos.

“In terms of the technology, that’s certainly something that we should look into. I’m convinced that the solutions to the challenges that we’re facing would be technological, would come from technology,” sabi ng Pangulo.

“I mean from the educational (benefit)…of students in the science and technical studies, all the way to actually being able to apply the research that is being developed, not only here in the Philippines, but in other places as well — anything that is applicable, these are the things that’s going to solve the problems that we face now,” dagdag pa nito.

Iminungkahi rin ni Slepavicius ang pag-organisa ng special basketball project sa dalawang bansa.

“And mentioning basketball… special project to attract to play basketball in the field, to experience sport. Sports is always good,” dagdag pa ng Lithuanian envoy.