SPEECH BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESUMPTION OF USA-LITHUANIA DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. Vilnius, 27 September 2011
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Madam Ambassador,Dear colleagues and friends,
Let me congratulate today our friend Congressman from Illinois, John Shimkus, who has come back to Lithuania, where he is always welcome.
This year Lithuania had a unique opportunity to celebrate the...
SUPPORT OF THE U.S. TO LITHUANIA’S ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IS AN ELOQUENT ACCENT OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESTORED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
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Diplomatic relations with the United States of America re-established twenty years ago were firm guarantee that Lithuania entrenching the restored statehood would be accepted in respectable community of world nations, Lithuanian Foreign...
LITHUANIA HOPES THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE EU AND UKRAINE ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR
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On 26 September Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas attended the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, where the EU trade ministers discussed the progress of the EU-Ukraine negotiations on a comprehensive...
AUSTRIA THANKS LITHUANIA FOR HONOURING THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS WHO SAVED JEWS OF VILNIUS GHETTO
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The President of Austria Heinz Fischer expressed gratitude for Lithuania’s efforts to commemorate the Righteous among the Nations, the former German Wehrmacht Sergeant Anton Schmid who saved Jews of Vilnius Ghetto.
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...