LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS ISRAELI KNESSET SPEAKER
Added 2003-09-23
Lithuania seeks to develop political, economic, cultural and educational relations with Israel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis stated at the meeting with Speaker of Israeli Parliament (Knesset) Reuven...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL EU REFERENDUM IN LATVIA
Added 2003-09-22
On 21 September, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis was first to congratulate his Latvian counterpart Sandra Kalniete on the positive outcome of the EU referendum in Latvia.
“The people of Latvia confirmed our joint vision...
FOREIGN MINISTRY’S OFFICIAL CALLS FOR UNIVERSALISING OTTAWA CONVENTION
Added 2003-09-18
At the 5th meeting of the states parties of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (the Ottawa Convention) on 17 September in Bangkok, Director of...
FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES RATIFICATION OF EU ACCESSION TREATY IN LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT
Added 2003-09-17
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis congratulated the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania on ratification of the Treaty of Accession of Lithuania and the other nine Central and Eastern European countries into the...
STATEMENT BY LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Added 2003-09-16
On 14 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (MFA) was informed on the incident at the Kena railway border checkpoint, where a group of citizens of the Russian Federation chained themselves and refused to get off a...
FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES ESTONIANS ON SUCCESSFUL EU REFERENDUM
Added 2003-09-15
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis congratulated the citizens of Estonia on the positive outcome of the referendum on the membership in the EU that took place on 14 September.
“I am deeply convinced that the membership of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HIS GEORGIAN COUNTERPART AND OSCE REPRESENTATIVE
Added 2003-09-15
On 12 September, during an official visit with Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas in Georgia, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis met with Head of Tbilisi Mission of the Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Roy...
FOREIGN STATE SECRETARY PARTICIPATES IN UN CONFERENCE IN MONGOLIA
Added 2003-09-12
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius stressed the importance of press freedom at the UN Conference “New or Restored Democracies” held in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on 10-12...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXTENDS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF HIS LATE COUNTERPART
Added 2003-09-11
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis extended his deepest condolences and expressed his wholehearted sympathy to the family and colleagues of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who died unexpectedly on 11 September.
“I...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS FRENCH SENATE PRESIDENT
Added 2003-09-11
On 10 September, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis and President of the French Senate Christian Poncelet discussed the development of bilateral political and economic cooperation between Lithuania and France, the upcoming...