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SNIPERS MUST BE WITHDRAWN TO AVOID FURTHER INCIDENTS ON LINE OF CONTACT, SAYS OSCE CHAIRPERSON DURING VISIT TO ARMENIA Added 2011-03-18 YEREVAN, 18 March 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in Yerevan today, urged the authorities to work towards progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and called for both sides to...
IN TBILISI A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED AT THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION OF LITHUANIA IN THE CAUCASUS Added 2011-03-17 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, paying a visit to Georgia as a Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), on March 16 unveiled a commemorative plaque dedicated to the first diplomatic representation...
MFA STATEMENT Added 2011-03-16 Since 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, together with the relevant authorities responsible for nuclear and radiation safety and environmental issues has strived to ensure security of nuclear power project planned in Belarus and...
IN GEORGIA, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR THE PROMOTION OF INITIATIVES TO RECONCILE THE NATIONS Added 2011-03-16 On 15 March in Georgia, the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis visited the Abkhazian Culture and Youth Centre in Tbilisi and presented...
OSCE LAUNCHES POST-SUMMIT DISCUSSIONS Added 2011-03-16 The Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship on 15 March 2011 launched a series of discussions among the 56 participating States as a follow-up to the 2010 OSCE Astana Summit.The Astana Commemorative Declaration, adopted at the Summit, tasked the incoming...
THE NEWLY BUILT CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN CHAGHCHARAN IS HANDED OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES OF AFGHANISTAN’S GHOR PROVINCE Added 2011-03-16 On 15 March in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor Province, Head of the Lithuanian Special Mission in Afghanistan, Ambassador Valteris Baliukonis took part in the official handover ceremony of the newly built Centre for Vocational Training to local...
GRANDSON OF A RENOWNED DIPLOMAT AND WRITER IS AWARDED LITHUANIAN DIPLOMACY STAR FOR DEVELOPING RELATIONS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND SWEDEN Added 2011-03-15 On 15 March at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the family of Lithuanian and Swedish writer, diplomat of Independent Lithuania, an active public figure in the Lithuanian community and the society of Sweden Ignas Šeinius was honoured for...
OSCE COMMITTED TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION EFFORTS THROUGH THE GENEVA DISCUSSIONS, ASSISTING WITH DEMOCRATIC REFORMS, SAYS OSCE CHAIRPERSON ON VISIT TO GEORGIA Added 2011-03-15 TBILISI, 15 March 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, emphasized the OSCE's commitment to achieving progress on security and stability issues through the Geneva Discussions and addressing urgent...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS RUSSIA’S WTO MEMBERSHIP AND AIMS THAT THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRY WOULD COMMIT TO IMPROVE TERMS OF TRADE Added 2011-03-14 On 14 March, an extended session of the Working Group on the EU’s External Economic Relations dedicated to the discussion on current issues of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held at the Lithuanian Ministry...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON, IN AZERBAIJAN, CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING CEASEFIRE REGIME AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES, OFFERS SUPPORT FOR REFORMS Added 2011-03-14 BAKU, 14 March 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, in Baku today, emphasized the importance of Azerbaijan in securing regional stability, and urged the authorities to work towards progress in the...