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OPENING STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA, OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE 18TH OSCE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL. Vilnius, 6 December 2011 Added 2011-12-06 President Grybauskaitė,Ministers,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the heart of the OSCE area: half-way between Vancouver and Vladivostok. It is a pleasure to see all of you here in Vilnius. To my Parliamentary Assembly colleagues,...
THE MEETING OF LITHUANIAN-U.S. HEADS OF DIPLOMACY DISCUSSES IMPORTANT ISSUES OF OSCE AND TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY Added 2011-12-06 On 6 December in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the progress achieved during Lithuania’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in addressing protracted...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON TURKEY TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING REFORMS FOR EU INTEGRATION Added 2011-12-06 On 6 December at the OSCE Ministerial Council session in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis affirmed to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Lithuania’s consistent support for European integration...
OSCE MINISTERIAL MEETING KICKING OFF IN VILNIUS (BNS, 6 December 2011) Added 2011-12-06 VILNIUS, Dec 06, BNS – A two-day session of the Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is starting in Lithuania on Tuesday. The event will be attended by more than 40 ministers including United...
CLOSING REMARKS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA, OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS TO THE NGO CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM. Vilnius, 5 December 2011 Added 2011-12-06 Dear NGO representativesFrom OSCE participating StatesAnd from our Mediterranean Partner States,I am glad you are here at this Vilnius Ministerial Conference!It is a pleasure to see you and have this opportunity to hear from you.Over the past year...
LITHUANIAN AND ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS IMPORTANT ISSUES Added 2011-12-06 At the meeting with new Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant`Agata on 6 December, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis spoke about the 20th anniversary of close diplomatic relations between the countries,...
LITHUANIAN AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES Added 2011-12-06 On 6 December, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis held a meeting with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and discussed with him the significance of the OSCE Ministerial Council session in Vilnius for the...
EURO-ATLANTIC AND EURASIAN SECURITY TO BE DISCUSSED BY OSCE FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEDIA FREEDOM ON AGENDA, SAYS CHAIRPERSON Added 2011-12-05 VILNIUS, 5 December 2011 – Foreign ministers and high-level representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States will meet in Vilnius tomorrow to discuss progress on pressing security challenges and take decisions to chart the way ahead.
OSCE CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES FACING MEDITERRANEAN DEMOCRACIES IN TRANSITION Added 2011-12-05 VILNIUS, 4 December 2011 – Encouraging international co-operation between civil society groups from OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa was...
PERSON OF THE WEEK – AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS, LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE (Tribuna, 4 December 2011) Added 2011-12-04 The first round of official 5+2 talks on the Transnistrian settlement was held this week in Vilnius (Lithuania) after the decision to resume talks was made in September in Moscow (Russia). It was an event of major importance given that for about...