LITHUANIA SPEAKS UP FOR A MORE ACTIVE OSCE’S ROLE IN CURBING THE SPREAD OF CROSS-BORDER THREATS
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) should play a more active role in the fight against trafficking in drugs and other transnational threats, contributing to the enhancement of border management in Afghanistan and...
AT LITHUANIA’S INITIATIVE, THE UNITED NATIONS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ON SEA-DUMPED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS
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On 1 December in New York, at Lithuania’s initiative, the United Nations unanimously adopted the resolution on sea-dumped chemical munitions. This is the first resolution that Lithuania has independently submitted to the United Nations for...
NATO’S NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT STRIKES A BALANCE BETWEEN VARIOUS FUNCTIONS AND INTERESTS OF MEMBER STATES, MFA’S POLITICAL DIRECTOR SAYS
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On 1 December in Vilnius at the discussion of the results of NATO Summit in Lisbon, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Eitvydas Bajarūnas said that NATO’s new Strategic Concept stroke a balance between...
LITHUANIA’S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP WILL CLOSELY COOPERATE WITH THE ORGANIZATION’S BODIES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
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Lithuania’s upcoming chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2011 is ready to closely cooperate with the organization’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER’S MEETINGS IN ASTANA FOCUS ON OSCE ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA, SUPPORT FOR EHU AND BUSINESS CONTACTS
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On 1 December in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis held bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers of Georgia, Canada and Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministers discussed possibilities to...
LITHUANIA PREPARES FOR THE NATO’S LISBON SUMMIT (Diplomatica, No.8, November 2010)
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Nowadays the world is facing the new unconventional threats, such as terrorism, piracy, potential energy supplies disruptions, cyber crimes, etc.
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS OF LITHUANIA, IRELAND AND GREECE IN BRUSSELS DISCUSSED THEIR UPCOMING PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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On 30 November in Brussels, the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union held a meeting of the Trio of the Presidencies of the Council of the European Union. The meeting mainly focused on the discussion of cooperation with the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND MOLDOVA’S AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
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On 29 November, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis met with Moldova’s new Ambassador to Lithuania Igor Klipii, who acquainted head of Lithuania’s diplomacy with results of Parliamentary Elections that were held...
FUTURE OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE: SOLVING PROBLEM OF PROTRACTED CONFLICTS WILL BE ONE OF PRIORITIES OF LITHUANIA'S CHAIRMANSHIP TO OSCE (Trend, 29 November 2010)
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Solving the problem of protracted conflicts will be one of the priorities of Lithuania's chairmanship to the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Audronius Azubalis said in an interview with Trend prior to Lithuania's chairmanship to the OSCE...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BIDS FAREWELL TO THE OUTGOING DANISH AMBASSADOR TO LITHUANIA
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On 29 November, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis received the outgoing Danish Ambassador to Lithuania Laurids Mikaelsen.When bidding farewell to the Minister, the Danish Ambassador highlighted his interest in further...