LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BIDS FAREWELL TO THE OUTGOING AMBASSADOR OF SPAIN TO LITHUANIA
Created 2011-03-08
On 8 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis received outgoing Ambassador of Spain to Lithuania José Luis Solano Gadea.
The Minister thanked the Ambassador for his efforts to develop friendly bilateral relations and highlighted the economic potential of cooperation with Spain. “Spain and Lithuania enjoy strong ties of friendship, which were strengthened in May 2009 by the visit of the Spanish royal family to Lithuania. I hope that our cooperation will continue to intensify,” Minister A.Ažubalis said.The situation in North Africa was also discussed at the meeting. Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) A.Ažubalis stressed that the international community had to cooperate more closely in providing assistance to this region, and expressed support to international organizations regarding the idea of creating a crisis management mechanism.
José Luis Solano Gadea took office as the Spanish Ambassador to Lithuania on 22 January 2008. Lithuania and Spain re-established diplomatic relations on 7 October 1991.
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