“LITHUANIA RECOMMENDED FOR EU MEMBERSHIP, YET A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK STILL TO BE DONE”, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
Added 2002-10-10
“The Report by the European Commission on Lithuania’s possibilities to join the EU by 2004 is welcome news, also an evaluation of efforts of all Lithuania’s people. However, it does not mean we may put our feet up. We are in the finishing stretch...
LITHUANIAN AND EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TAKE PART IN INAUGURATION OF LITHUANIAN EMBASSY
Added 2002-10-09
On 7 October during the visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis in the Arab Republic of Egypt, a Lithuanian Embassy was officially opened. The Embassy in Cairo has been working since December 2001, yet...
MFA UNDERSECRETARY VISITS BRUSSELS
Added 2002-10-04
On 2-3 October, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Giedrius Čekuolis was on a visit in Brussels, where in NATO Headquarters he met with Turkish, British and French Ambassadors to NATO, also with the US...
LITHUANIAN MFA CALLS ON RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO START TALKS ON NEW PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT ON RECIPROCAL TRAVEL
Added 2002-10-04
On 4 October, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed in a note to the Russian Embassy in Vilnius to advise that Lithuania had terminated the validity of Provisional Agreement on Reciprocal Travel of Citizens and had been concluding the...
GOVERNMENT APPROVES LITHUANIA’S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAMME: 2002-2003
Added 2002-10-01
On September 25, the Lithuanian Government approved the Annual National Programme for Lithuania’s integration into NATO (2002-2003). Lithuania will follow this programme participating in the annual cycle of the Membership Action Plan. The...
LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT’S DECISION IS CONSISTENT MOVE TOWARDS SCHENGEN AGREEMENT
Added 2002-09-27
On 25 September the Government of the Republic of Lithuania decided to denounce the provisional agreement between Lithuanian and Russian Governments concerning travel of citizens of both countries signed on 24 February 1995 and the provisional...
LITHUANIAN MEMBERSHIP IN EU IS PRECONDITION FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO SCHENGEN RULES
Added 2002-09-19
“The issue of Kaliningrad transit is important for the European Union’s relations with Russia. This issue also touches upon some of the vital interests of Lithuania,” Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis stated commenting on the European Commission’s...
LITHUANIA SUBMITTED OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR OECD MEMBERSHIP
Added 2002-09-16
On 12 September, Lithuanian Ambassador to France Asta Skaisgirytė-Liauškienė met with Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Donald J. Johnston and handed in a letter by Lithuanian Foreign Minister...
LITHUANIA JOINS EU DECLARATION IN COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS
Added 2002-09-11
Lithuania aligned itself with the European Union's (EU) declaration, by which heads of state and government of the EU expressed their condolences to the families and friends of the victims of terrorist acts of September 11 and those who perished...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HIGH OFFICIALS FROM EU, COE AND OSCE
Added 2002-09-02
On 29-30 August, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis participated in the EU Regional Conference "Partners in Prevention" held in the Swedish town of Helsingborg, where high officials of the UN, NATO, EU and OSCE gathered to discuss...