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LITHUANIA‘S FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES THE FIRST EU’S HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY Added 2009-11-20 On 20 November, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas congratulated Catherine Ashton who had just been elected as European Union‘s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Minister V.Ušackas wished C.Ashton...
LITHUANIA‘S FOREIGN MINISTER IS PAYING AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ARMENIA Added 2009-11-20 Today Lithuania‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas is starting his official visit to Armenia where he will meet with the highest ranking officials of the state, as well as with the representatives of the international organizations and...
LITHUANIA’S MFA WILL HOST A SEMINAR ON BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Added 2009-11-19 On 20 November, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Lithuanian business confederation | ICC Lithuania will host a seminar “Business in sub-Saharan Africa: Possibilities and Challenges”. Bilateral relations between...
ISSUES OF ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN AND RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE WERE DISCUSSED IN BRUSSELS Added 2009-11-18 On 17 November in Brussels, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius attended the session of General Affairs and External Relations Council for Development Cooperation. During the session, issues of improving the aid...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER: WE HAVE TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY UKRAINE’S EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE AND FURTHER AIM AT BRINGING BELARUS CLOSER TO THE EU Added 2009-11-17 During the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting on 17 November in Brussels, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas and his counterparts discussed relations with Belarus and the situation in...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER: OUR PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN IS FOR OUR OWN SECURITY Added 2009-11-17 On 16 November in Brussels, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas took part in the joint meeting of European Union’s foreign and defence ministers with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Ministers discussed the...
EU POLITICIANS CALL FOR MORE ACTIVE EU ENGAGEMENT IN DEMOCRACY BUILDING Added 2009-11-16 A number of high ranking EU politicians - President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, foreign ministers, MEPs among them - met on Monday in Brussels to discuss the ways to strengthen the EU support for democracy building processes worldwide.
STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE INFORMAL COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION "NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN DEMOCRACY BUILDING: EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES". Brussels, 16 November 2009. Added 2009-11-16 Ladies and gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this first informal round table of the Community of Democracies (CoD) with the European Union. I am very happy that Mr. Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, has...
LITHUANIA EXPECTS THAT COOPERATION WITH BELARUS WILL CORRESPOND TO THE SPIRIT OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS Added 2009-11-16 On 16 November, Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania Vladimir Drazhin was summoned to Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain why the visa of Belarus was not issued to Member of the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania Emanuelis Zingeris.
LITHUANIA IS HOSTING A DISCUSSION ON CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EU AND COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES Added 2009-11-14 A round table discussion “New Partnerships in Democracy Building: European Union and the Community of Democracies” will be held on 16 November at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU.  Possibilities for cooperation between the...