Mr Kubilius referred to a statement from the Chairman of  the Seimas Foreign Affairs Committee that the committee already conducted an investigation on an alleged CIA prison under the request of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

Prime Minister Kubilius said following to the Ziniu radijas station this morning “It (the Committee on Foreign Affairs) stated very clearly that there have been no such prisons or interrogation area in Lithuania and we do not have new information to this day to reverse this conclusion.  Now, as one of the US top media company reports these allegations, we could repeat the investigation, i.e. launch a probe in one or another parliamentary committee, but I am convinced that we would get the same answer”.

The President of Lithuania Grybauskaite has a different opinion.  During her visit to Brussels yesterday she stated that Lithuania will investigate the allegations; “Lithuania will be investigating it and parliament has already declared a special committee which will be investigating the case.”

The Deputy Speaker of Seimas Mr Sukys also called for thorough investigation of the allegation.

According to the ABC News report on 20 August, a Secret CIA prison allegedly operated in Lithuania until 2005. The report claims that a secret facility was located close by capital Vilnius and operated for a year. All possible Lithuania’s officials concerned denied those allegations.

The Deputy Speaker Sukys said; ‘An independent parliamentary investigation could provide clear answers to those allegations in order to prevent further discrediting of Lithuania’s name on the international arena and prevent from spreading of unnecessary rumours in the world.’

Lietuvos Rytas daily has published an article today quoting Mr John Sifton, the head of the human rights research organization One World Research, saying that he had no reasons to doubt the ABC News report, saying that the TV channel had provided truthful information on the topic so far.

The same paper quotes Mr. Tom Parker, The director for terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights at Amnesty International saying that Lithuania should start an investigation and find out what had been happening.