LITHUANIAN-TURKISH COOPERATION ISSUES DISCUSSED IN ANKARA
Added 2003-04-29
During political consultations on 28 April in Ankara, the officials of the Lithuanian and Turkish Foreign Ministries discussed the issues of bilateral political, economic and cultural cooperation.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign...
MEETING BETWEEN LITHUANIAN AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TAKES PLACE IN MOSCOW
Added 2003-04-25
On 23 April in Moscow, a meeting between Chief of Lithuanian Diplomacy Antanas Valionis and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov took place.
In the meeting, it was stated that a decision acceptable to both sides concerning the order of transit...
SESSION OF LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ENDS IN MOSCOW
Added 2003-04-23
On 22 April in Moscow, urgent issues of bilateral relations were discussed in the session of the Lithuanian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on bilateral commercial, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation.
Chair of the...
FORMER LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PROPOSAL TO BECOME UNESCO GOOD WILL AMBASSADOR
Added 2003-04-18
UNESCO Secretary General Koichiro Matsuura proposed Valdas Adamkus, who has finished his term of office as President of the Republic of Lithuania, to take the post of UNESCO Ambassador of Good Will for the Knowledge Society.
In the field of...
EU GENERAL AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS COUNCIL ADOPTS REGULATIONS ON RUSSIAN CITIZENS’ TRANSIT THROUGH LITHUANIA
Added 2003-04-16
On 14 January in Luxemburg the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council adopted regulations establishing specific facilitated transit documents. Regulations set the rules of Russian citizens' transit through the Lithuanian...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES RESULTS OF HUNGARIAN EU REFERENDUM
Added 2003-04-14
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis welcomed the results of the Hungarian referendum of 12 April, showing that the Hungarians approved their country’s membership in the European Union. “Its success points out to a firm decision...
CONVENTION DISCUSSES CO-OPERATION ON JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
Added 2003-04-07
In the European Convention session that took place in Brussels on 3-4 April, the participants discussed the articles of the future Constitutional Treaty that will define EU finances and regulate co-operation in the spheres of justice and home...
US THANKS LITHUANIA FOR SUPPORTING GEORGIA IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
Added 2003-04-04
US State Secretary Colin Powell expressed his gratitude to Lithuania for practical contribution to the US project of security assistance to Georgia aimed at enhancing capabilities of fighting terrorism.
In his letter of 28 March to Lithuanian...
MFA STATE SECRETARY VISITS BERLIN TO CONSULT ON CLOSER COOPERATION AND GERMAN ASSISTANCE
Added 2003-04-04
State Secretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Evaldas Ignatavičius visited Berlin and consulted representatives of the German MFA and Bundestag on closer cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the both...
LITHUANIAN MFA SENDS NOTE TO POLISH EMBASSY
Added 2003-04-01
On 31 March the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Embassy of the Republic of Poland proposing to organise consultations seeking to protect the Lithuanian market against the import of subsidised pork from Poland.
The possibility to...