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LITHUANIA’S AND HUNGARY’S FOREIGN MINISTERS WILL MEET IN VILNIUS

On 14 January in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas is meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Balázs. The meeting will focus on the cooperation between Lithuania and Hungary and foreign policy coordination in 2011, when Lithuania will hold the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and Hungary will hold the European Union Presidency in the first half-year.

The Ministers will also discuss the implementation of the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative, the situation in the Western Balkans and the ongoing joint projects in the region, as well as possibilities to deepen the cooperation between the countries of the Visegrad Group and the Baltic States.

On 14-15 January in Trakai, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary will also attend an informal Snow Meeting of European and North American experts on international and security policy - politicians, political scientists, diplomats and analysts. The participants of the meeting will discuss relations between East and West, and key strategic challenges that the Euro-Atlantic community has to face in 2010.