TASK OF LITHUANIAN DIPLOMACY FULL USE OF POSSIBILITIES
Added 2003-01-08
On 8 December in the Parliament Seimas, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis met with President-Elect Rolandas Paksas and presented the topical issues of foreign affairs.
“Thanks to maturity of Lithuanian political forces and consensus...
VISA DIVISION OF CONSULATE-GENERAL ALREADY OPERATES IN GRODNO
Added 2003-01-06
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that Visa Division of the Lithuanian Consulate- General has been operating in Grodno since 30 December 2002. Consular activities are being expanded in Grodno in order to avoid impediments to...
TWO OUT OF THREE INHABITANTS OF LITHUANIA WOULD VOTE IN FAVOUR OF NATO MEMBERSHIP
Added 2003-01-03
Almost two thirds of Lithuanian inhabitants would vote in favour of the country’s accession to NATO according to opinion polls conducted in December.
If a ballot were to take place, Lithuanian membership in NATO would be supported by 65...
LITHUANIAN MFA WELCOMES OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL’S DECISION TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF ORGANISATION’S REPRESENTATION IN BELARUS
Added 2003-01-02
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the decision of 30 December 2002 by the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to ensure continuity of this organisation’s representation in Belarus by...
LITHUANIA AND RUSSIA SIGN AGREEMENT ON RECIPROCAL TRAVEL
Added 2002-12-31
On 30 December in Moscow, State Secretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Chizhov signed a new agreement between the Lithuanian and Russian Governments on reciprocal...
"WE HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE AND MATURE PARTNERS IN EU ACCESSION TALKS", MINISTER VALIONIS SAYS
Added 2002-12-21
"The year 2002 brought a double success and a historic turning-point in Lithuanian foreign policy", Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis stated on 20 December in Vilnius at the conference "From Helsinki to Copenhagen. Stocktaking of the...
DELEGATION FOR EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS HOLDS SESSION AT MFA
Added 2002-12-19
On 18 December, a sitting of the Lithuanian delegation for EU accession negotiations took place in the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The sitting was attended by Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, Foreign Minister Antanas...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES ROMANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER
Added 2002-12-17
On 17 December Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis met with Romanian Defence Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu and his official delegation.
At the meeting, issues of Lithuanian-Romanian cooperation and development of bilateral military ties...
EU ACCESSION TALKS TO BE WRAPPED UP IN A FEW DAYS
Added 2002-12-11
In evaluating the meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) member states and candidate countries on 9-10 December in Brussels, Head of Lithuanian Delegation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis noted that "after all the...
MINISTER VALIONIS MET WITH GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Added 2002-12-10
En route to the Lithuania-EU meeting in Brussels, on 9 December in Berlin Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis met with German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer.
“I wanted to meet with the German foreign minister so...