"The Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States received a response from the management of Walmart to the letter sent to him, which contains a promise to remove goods from the Soviet symbols in the near future," the BNS quotes the diplomat.

#BREAKING American retail giant @Walmart says Lithuanian ambassador will stop selling products with Soviet hammer and sickle symbols after criticism: foreign ministry spokeswoman pic.twitter.com/I39VWoG19N

- BNS Lithuania (@BNSLithuania) September 18, 2018

As noted, the Lithuanian Ambassador earlier sent a message to the company's management with an appeal to remove from the sale clothes with Soviet symbols.

Earlier, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed indignation of the Soviet symbols on the products of Adidas.