USAID Assistant Administrator for the Europe and Eurasia Bureau, Donald
Pressley, presided at the closing ceremony of the USAID/Lithuania
Mission in Vilnius on Wednesday, 31 May. The gala was attended by
the Lithuanian Prime Minister, who gave the keynote address. A press
conference was held and several news wires reported the event including
the Associated Press and Dow Jones. The morning of the ceremony, Donald
Pressley met with the Lithuanian President over breakfast and conveyed
the message that, although the USAID Mission will close in September,
AID will continue to support specific development activities in Lithuania.
USAID has provided Lithuania with $89 million of assistance since
1992.
