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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS THAI OFFICIALS Added 2004-04-06 On 5 April in Thailand, the Lithuanian delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis met with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Minister of Foreign Affairs Surakiart Sathirathai, Prime Minister’s Trade Representative Kantathi...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PARTICIPATES IN OFFICIAL LITHUANIA’S ACCESSION TO NATO CEREMONY Added 2004-04-02 On 2 April in Brussels, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis participated in a solemn ceremony to mark the accession to NATO of Lithuania and the other six Central and South-eastern European countries, during which the flags of the new...
FOREIGN UNDERSECRETARY HIGHLIGHTS BORDER CONTROL ISSUES IN VIEW OF LITHUANIA'S MEMBERSHIP IN EU AT CONFERENCE IN CANADA Added 2004-03-24 On 23 March in Ottawa, Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Darius Jurgelevičius attended the conference Changing Face of Europe: Opportunities for Canada, where opening possibilities of cooperation between the...
WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING OF EU DIPLOMACY CHIEFS IN BRUSSELS Added 2004-03-23 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis attended the meeting of the European Union (EU) General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) held on 22 March in Brussels, where the Foreign Ministers of the EU Member States drew...
IMPORTANT TO LITHUANIA NEGOTIATIONS ON TRADE IN STEEL BETWEEN EU AND RUSSIA COMPLETES Added 2004-03-19 After intense consultations between the representatives of the European Union (EU) and Russia on amendment of the Agreement on Trade in Certain Steel Products, an important compromise was reached, allowing to increase the steel import quotas from...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ACQUAINTS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WITH NATO DECISION TO ENSURE BALTIC STATES’ AIR SPACE DEFENCE Added 2004-03-18 On 18 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis met with Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Lithuania Boris Tsepov. Minister Valionis acquainted the Russian Ambassador with NATO decision concerning the integrated air...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS EESC PRESIDENT Added 2004-03-18 On 17 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis met with President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Roger Briesch and members of his delegation. At the meeting, the role of the EESC in the system of the...
NATO DECIDES TO STATION ITS AIR DEFENCE ASSETS IN LITHUANIA Added 2004-03-17 On 17 March, the North Atlantic Council in Brussels took a political decision regarding the integrated air space defence of the enlarged NATO and authorised the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe to start generating the required assets. It...
LITHUANIA IS DETERMINED TO BE ACTIVE IN CONTRIBUTING TO SECURITY – LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2004-03-17 Eleven Lithuanian political parties agreed on commitment that the expenditure for national defence in 2005-2008 will amount to at least 2 percent of GDP. The “Accord of the Parliamentary Parties of the Republic of Lithuania” signed on 17...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNS ACCESSION TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY DOCUMENT Added 2004-03-12 On 12 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis signed a document of Lithuania’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty. On 10 March, the Lithuanian Seimas (the Parliament) approved ratification of this treaty opening the...