Poland and Lithuania celebrate historic union

The agreement between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was signed on 1 July in Lublin, eastern Poland, creating a new state with common monarchy, parliament, currency, foreign and defense policy.

Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Speakers of both chambers of the Polish Parliament, as well as the Speaker of the Seimas, the unicameral parliament of Lithuania, and a number of foreign guests from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic and Hungary took part in the celebrations held in Lublin on Sunday.

The guests laid wreaths at the monument of the Polish - Lithuanian Union and then discussed the significance of the historic document for contemporary Europe at Lublin’s Centre for the Meeting of Cultures.

A meeting of the Polish - Lithuanian Parliamentary Assembly was also scheduled to be held in the city on Sunday.

Polish MPs in June adopted a special resolution saying that “the Polish-Lithuanian Union allowed for the emergence of a unique system of statehood and was one of the most important events to take place on the continent in that century”.