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LITHUANIAN, POLISH, SLOVENIAN AND SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN VILNIUS ON SUNDAY

On Sunday 11 May  Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas will meet Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia currently presiding over the EU Dmitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radoslaw Sikorski and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt,  who are coming to Vilnius.

At the meeting it is planned to discuss issues on the top of the EU agenda including start of the EU negotiations with Russia on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.

On 12 May Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian and Swedish foreign ministers will go to Georgia to demonstrate support to Georgia’s European integration aspirations, its territorial integrity and encourage to maintain calm in this difficult situation, that arose after unilateral Russia’s actions, which increase tension and induce separatism in Georgia’s regions Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia. 

For attention of the media: joint press conference of four foreign ministers will be organized after the working dinner at about 20:00. (at “Stikliai” hotel,  address Gaono st. 7). The time of the press conference may change. We will inform about possible changes on Sunday. We kindly ask media representatives wishing to take part in the press conference to register by e-mail media@urm.lt or by phone +370 5 2362458, +370 5 236 2456 or +370 655 45927.