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MFA STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF PALESTINIANS AT UNESCO Added 2011-11-02 Lithuania has always consistently aimed and will aim to have a single EU position regarding the status of Palestinians at international organizations. As the EU failed to establish a single position regarding this issue, we have voiced our...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON WELCOMES RELEASE OF ILYA KAZAK Added 2011-11-02 VILNIUS, 21 November 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today the release of Ilya Kazak who was sentenced for 14 years of imprisonment in Transdniestria on alleged espionage charges.
MONGOLIA REQUESTS TO BECOME OSCE PARTICIPATING STATE Added 2011-10-29 VILNIUS, 28 October 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today received a letter from Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gombojav Zandanshatar, formally expressing...
MORE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND MEDIA ENGAGEMENT NEEDED TO CONFRONT ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC, SAY OSCE MEETING PARTICIPANTS Added 2011-10-28 VIENNA, 28 October, 2011 – OSCE participating States’ governments and other key actors must challenge intolerant public discourse against Muslims, while preserving freedom of expression, concluded participants at an OSCE high-level...
PHOTO EXHIBITION ON ARMED STRUGGLE FOR LITHUANIA’S FREEDOM OPENS IN THE EMBASSY IN AUSTRIAN CITY OF LINZ Added 2011-10-27 On 27 October in the city of Linz, the photo exhibition “Defense of Freedom. 1990-1991” was opened at the Lithuanian Embassy in Austria. Lithuanian Ambassador to Austria Giedrius Puodžiūnas welcomed the guests.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS COOPERATE CLOSELY TO GET PREPARED FOR THE FINAL EVENT OF THE OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP Added 2011-10-27 The upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council, which will once again turn Vilnius into the center of international policy, is being organized in close cooperation with the private sector.
POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PARTICIPATES IN THE CONSULTATIONS OF NORDIC, BALTIC COUNTRIES AND THE U.S.A. Added 2011-10-27 On 27-29 October in Washington D.C., Political Director of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius is taking part in the foreign policy consultations on the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) and at...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND LATVIAN OFFICIAL DISCUSS PRIORITIES OF DIASPORA POLICY Added 2011-10-27 On 27 October, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė and Roland Lappuke, Ambassador-at-Large from the Latvian Foreign Ministry in charge of relations with the Latvian diaspora, who is currently paying a...
STATEMENT OF LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS REGARDING THE DESECRATION OF THE GRAVES OF POLISH SOLDIERS Added 2011-10-27 The information about the desecration of the Polish graves in Švenčionys is hurtful, especially on the eve of the coming All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, when, as Christians, we pay tribute of respect to the dead and to those...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES CLOSE LITHUANIAN-NORWEGIAN COOPERATION, THANKS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LITHUANIA Added 2011-10-26 At the meeting with Second Vice President of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament), Member of the Delegation to the Nordic Council Per-Kristian Foss on 26 October, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed close cooperation...