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NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER APPOINTED Added 2002-01-10 On 7 January 2002, Ambassador Justas Vincas Paleckis was appointed a deputy foreign minister. His area of responsibility includes liaising with the Seimas (Parliament) and supervising the relations with the world Jewish communities as well as the...
LITHUANIA CONFIRMS ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF EU ENLARGEMENT Added 2002-01-03 Lithuania will do all in its power to make EU enlargement a success, thus contributing to one of the priorities set by Spain during its presidency of EU in the first half of 2002, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis in a greeting...
THE LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF LITHUANIAN INSTITUTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM Added 2001-12-29 On December 29, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry presented a report on the activities of Lithuanian institutions in combating terrorism to the Counter Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council. The report describes legal, executive, security...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Added 2001-12-22 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
POSITION OF THE LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL MEETING IN LAEKEN (14-15 December, 2001) Added 2001-12-20 Conclusions on enlargement · Lithuania welcomes the Conclusions of the European Council which reiterate the irreversibility of the enlargement process and name the candidate countries - including Lithuania - which could be ready for conclusion of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND HIS FRENCH COUNTERPART SIGN AGREEMENT ON LITHUANIAN PREWAR EMBASSY BUILDING Added 2001-12-17 On December 13, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis and his French counterpart Hubert Vedrine signed an agreement according to which France will acquire the Lithuanian prewar Embassy building currently occupied by Russian representatives....
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITED BRUSSELS Added 2001-12-17 On December 14, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis continuing his visit in Brussels met US Permanent Representative at NATO Nicholas Burns and Assistant of NATO Secretary General Günther Altenburg. The Lithuanian Foreign Minister...
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HEADS OF LITHUANIAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IS TO TAKE PLACE Added 2001-12-14 On December 17-22, the annual meeting of the heads of Lithuanian diplomatic missions will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On December 17, the Ambassadors are to meet Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus. After a lunch the first...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERS THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU NOT TO BE A RACE Added 2001-12-13 According to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis we must focus on the quality of the EU accession negotiations and not on the calculation of the closed chapters or statistical “race” with the other candidates. “The responsibility for...
SUPPORT FOR THE NATO MEMBERSHIP INCREASED IN LITHUANIA Added 2001-12-12 According to the latest public opinion survey conducted by the "Vilmorus" pollster, 64.6 percent of Lithuanian population support the country's bid for the NATO membership. During the analogous poll performed by the same agency in June, this...