LITHUANIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES STRENGTHENED AND REVITALIZED IT, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
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Two-year Lithuanian presidency of the Community of Democracies has shown that this body uniting democratic states can effectively consolidate experience of countries in strengthening democracy and organize assistance for emerging democracies,...
PREPARATIONS FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT WERE DISCUSSED IN NEW YORK
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On 23 September at a meeting in New York Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism Gary Samore...
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN AUKŠTIEJI PANERIAI MEMORIAL
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On 23 September Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė participated in a ceremony in tribute to the Holocaust victims in Vilnius Aukštieji Paneriai memorial.
LITHUANIA IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO FOSTER THE LITVAK HERITAGE AND HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
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Lithuania is firmly committed to honour and remember the more than six hundred years of history of the Lithuanian Jews, their culture, traditions and the victims of the Holocaust, says Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis on...
OSCE ANNUAL POLICE EXPERTS MEETING TO FOCUS ON REFORM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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VIENNA, 22 September 2011 – A two-day Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM) that started in Vienna today gathered some 120 international criminal justice experts who will share best practices and discuss how the reform of the criminal justice...
SPEECH BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT A SOLEMN COMMEMORATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. New York, 22 September 2011
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Dear Mr. Jonathan Brent, Dear litvaks, our friends and the guests of this evening,
I am touched to be invited here to join you on this special evening in listening together to the Jewish songs and poetry. By hearing these melodies and...
IN ANTAKALNIS CEMETERY, A MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED TO THE WEHRMACHT SERGEANT WHO SAVED JEWS IN THE VILNA GHETTO
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On 22 September in Vilnius, the memory of Anton Schmid, the Righteous among the Nations, was honoured in Antakalnis cemetery.
„The Austrian who served in the army of the Nazi Germany dared to disobey insane orders and was himself condemned to...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF OFFICIAL ‘5+2’ NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSDNIESTRIAN SETTLEMENT
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NEW YORK/MOSCOW, 22 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today’s agreement in Moscow to resume official ‘5+2’ negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement.
UPCOMING OSCE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL IN VILNIUS AND OSCE COOPERATION WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES ARE DISCUSSED IN NEW YORK
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On 21 September, the OSCE Troika meeting took place in New York. The meeting was attended by Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kazykhanov and Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore.
OSCE AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE LEADERS DISCUSSED JOINT EFFORTS TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROMOTE MINORITY RIGHTS AND SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION PROCESSES IN THE SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN
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NEW YORK, United States, 21 September 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met the Council of Europe’s Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers,...