Lithuania seeks to become an associated CERN member
CERN Council President Prof. Agnieszka Zalewska and CERN Director-General Professor. Rolf Heuer met with Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas, who presented the Prime Minister’s Algirdas Butkevičiaus letter-appeal on Lithuania's aspiration to become an associate member of CERN.
. In his letter, the Prime Minister noted that since 2004. Lithuania and its Government began a longtime academic cooperation with CERN, which created the preconditions for achieving membership in CERN. Currently, Lithuania has been successfully cooperating with the CERN in the particle physics, computer science, education and medical fields and has developed the potential of the industry and business.
During the meeting, prof. A. Zalewska from H. Niewodniczański high energy Physics Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences positively assessed the neighboring country's ambition to become an associate member. Prof. R. Heuer noted that after his visit to Lithuania, where he held meetings with the leaders of Lithuania, he sees a clear vision of Lithuania to seek the associate membership.
European Organisation for Nuclear Research is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, where, through the Great Hadron Collider and other devices, researchers from around the world are seeking to answer the most fundamental questions of particle physics as well as to develop the latest technology – such as the Internet. You can find out more about CERN goals and the Lithuanian Permanent Representation in Geneva by watching the interview of Rytis Zemkauskas with CERN Director General Prof. R. Heuer à http://bit.ly/1PNVboO
