DURING THE MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORS, ISSUES OF NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ENERGY POLICY WERE DISCUSSED
On 4 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas took part in the meeting of the European Union Ambassadors accredited to Lithuania. The gathering in Vilnius was organized by Slovenian Ambassador Rudolf Gabrovec.
Minister and the Ambassadors discussed the NATO enlargement process, which is planned to be held as an issue on the NATO Summit agenda, the guidelines of the European energy policy that are planned to be discussed at the Spring European Council, also exchanged opinions on the recent presidential elections in Russia.
Speaking about the upcoming NATO Summit, Minister P.Vaitiekūnas indicated that Lithuania supported the membership of all the three Balkan countries - Albania, Croatia and Macedonia – in the North Atlantic Alliance.
‘I think that Georgia’s aspirations regarding the Membership Action Plan should also be considered in Bucharest. I trust that a positive decision regarding Georgia will be made,’ said Minister P.Vaitiekūnas.
According to the head of the Lithuanian diplomacy, joining the Membership Action Plan by Ukraine would be a positive sign regarding the integration of the country into the community of Western democracies.
Discussing the meeting of the Spring European Council, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that the European Union should speed-up the creation of the European external energy policy and should further seek to consolidate the European internal energy market and to build the critical missing links of the infrastructure. According to the Minster, those issues should be resolved immediately.
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