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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART Added 2004-02-19 On 19 February Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis talked to Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov at the latter’s initiative. Over the conversation Ministers discussed the decision by GAZPROM to stop supplying gas to Belarus. The...
LITHUANIA’S EU MEMBERSHIP TO ENCOURAGE RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE - MFA UNDERSECRETARY Added 2004-02-19 The development Lithuanian-Ukrainian bilateral relations will receive a new impetus and more importance after Lithuania accedes to the European Union (EU), according to Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Rytis...
FOREIGN UNDERSECRETARY MEETS WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN KYIV Added 2004-02-13 On 12 February, Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Darius Jurgelevičius, currently on visit to Kyiv, met with Georgian Foreign Minister Tedo Japaridze, visiting the Ukrainian capital. The meeting was also...
LITHUANIA WILL HOST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCEMENT OF OTTAWA CONVENTION Added 2004-02-13 This June Lithuania will host in Vilnius a regional conference on advancing the 1997 Ottawa Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel landmines in Northern and Eastern Europe. Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations...
FOREIGN MINISTER URGES TO FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS OVER FUTURE EU BUDGET Added 2004-02-11 On 10 February, the European Commission (EC) announced a Communication, setting out the European Union’s (EU) future budget plans for the period 2007-2013. The EC suggests determining three main priorities of the EU policy in the prospective...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS POLISH FOREIGN UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE IN VILNIUS Added 2004-02-06 On 5 February, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Antanas Valionis met with Undersecretary of State at the Polish MFA Jan Truszczyński, who came to Vilnius to take part in the political consultations. At the meeting, the officials...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS US SECRETARY OF STATE Added 2004-01-26 On 23 January during his visit in Washington, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis met with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. Colin Powell thanked Lithuania for its active support in the fight against international...
FOREIGN MINISTER IN WASHINGTON MEETS DIPLOMATS, US POLITICIANS AND ACADEMIC SOCIETY Added 2004-01-23 On 22 January, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis, continuing his visit in Washington, met with members of the US Congress and the National Security Council and the Ambassadors of the Vilnius Ten Group in Washington....
FOREIGN MINISTER STARTS VISIT IN US CAPITAL Added 2004-01-22 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis started his five-day visit in Washington by meetings with Member of the US House of Representatives John Shimkus and experts of non-governmental organisations and participated in the opening...
MFA UNDERSECRETARY VISITS OSCE HEADQUARTERS IN VIENNA Added 2004-01-21 On 19 January, Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Evaldas Ignatavičius, currently on a visit in Vienna and Bratislava, met with Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in...