Lithuania welcomes discussions in Georgia on using the native name by which Lithuanians call their country.
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The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) has officially approve "Sakartvelas" as an alternative name for "Gruzija", the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians, VLKK chairman Audrys Antanaitis told BNS Lithuania on Thursday.
The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) is inclined to officially approve "Sakartvelas" as an alternative name for "Gruzija", the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians.
Georgia will remain the official name of the country in Lithuania, however, the State Commission for Lithuanian Language will allow the use of alternatives.
The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language will Thursday discuss whether the Lithuanian name for Georgia should be changed to Sakartvelo or left unchanged.
The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language will this week discuss whether it support changing the name of Georgia to its original version of Sakartvelo.
The chairman of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language says that "Sakartvelija" could be a second name for Georgia in the Lithuanian language for a certain period of time.
Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday appointed Audrys Antanaitis, editor of alkas.lt news portal, as the new chief of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK).
