V. Matijošaitis, who did not come to meet I. Šimonytis, explained what happened unexpectedly on the way to the Prime Minister

“As far as I know, his agenda has changed at the last minute due to circumstances beyond the control of the mayor,” Palionis said after the meeting with the Prime Minister.

According to him, I. Šimonytė was discussed about the projects taking place in the city, which are “related to both city and state issues”.

“We do it all the time, we exchange information so that the state institutions know what we are planning and we know what they are planning and we can adapt to it. There was a completely planned meeting here in terms of working issues, ”said the Deputy Mayor of Kaunas.

The Prime Minister’s spokeswoman Rasa Jakilaitienė informed Elta that she had not attended the planned meeting with the Prime Minister V. Matijošaitis and had not announced in advance that she would not attend the meeting.

“On the way to Vilnius, my health suddenly deteriorated, so I could not participate in the planned meeting. I regret this and hope to meet with the Prime Minister soon, “Kaunas Mayor V. Matijošaitis later explained.

The mayor assured that he knew that the deputy mayor A. Palionis and the director of the administration Vilius Šiliauskas had talked to the team of the Prime Minister I. Šimonytė on all the planned issues.

Recently, the mayor of Kaunas has been criticized in public for the fact that after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Vičiūnai Group, whose shareholder is a politician, was in no hurry to suspend its activities in Kaliningrad.

However, the mayor later explained to the media that the work of the Vičiūnai group in Russia would have to be stopped.

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