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LITHUANIA’S DEVELOPMENT POLICY LOOKS EAST (The Courier, September/October 2009) Added 2009-09-30 Evaldas Ignatavičius, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of development cooperation policy, says his small country has a limited bilateral development budget and a global reach is difficult. Rather, it is targeting such aid...
LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BIDS FAREWELL TO THE AMBASSADOR OF TURKEY Added 2009-09-29 On 29 September, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas bade farewell to outgoing Ambassador of Turkey to Lithuania Oguz Ozge and thanked him for the contribution to the development of Lithuanian and Turkish political, economic...
LITHUANIA’S NEW HONORARY CONSUL IN PALERMO STARTED HIS TENURE Added 2009-09-28 Lithuania’s consulate headed by Honorary Consul Alessandro Palmigiano was opened in Sicily's capital Palermo on 25 September. This is the eighth Lithuania’s consulate in Italy, headed by Honorary Consul. Honorary Consul A.Palmigiano is appointed...
LITHUANIA'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGRATULATED HIS MOLDOVAN COUNTERPART Added 2009-09-28 On 28 September, during a phone conversation, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas congratulated the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova Iurie Leanca.
EU-RUSSIA RELATIONS WERE DISCUSSED IN NEW YORK Added 2009-09-28 A meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union member states and Russia took place on 25 September during the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
LITHUANIA CONVENED THE FIRST MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE MEMBER STATES AND OBSERVERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES IN NEW YORK Added 2009-09-25 On 24 September in New York, Lithuania convened the first informal meeting of foreign ministers since the beginning of its Presidency of the Community of Democracies. 154 states took part in the meeting: out of them 107 are member countries, the...
STATEMENT OF LITHUANIA‘S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE INFORMAL MINISTERIAL OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES. The United Nations, New York, 24 September 2009. Added 2009-09-24 Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of my President [Dalia Grybauskaitė] it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this ministerial gathering under the Lithuanian Presidency of the Community of Democracies. Lithuania is truly honored to steer...
THE MILLENNIUM EXHIBITION “LITHUANIA: CULTURE AND HISTORY” OPENS AT THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK Added 2009-09-24 An exhibition entitled “Lithuania: Culture and History” was opened on 23 September at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. The exhibition, which is a part of the programme for the celebrations of the first mention of Lithuania’s...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES THE BULGARIAN CANDIDATE ON WINNING THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION Added 2009-09-23 On 22 September, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas congratulated Bulgarian representative Irina Bokova with the nomination for the post of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...
LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALY'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REGARDING THE DEATH OF SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN Added 2009-09-22 On 22 September, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas sent a letter to Italy’s head of diplomacy Franco Frattini and presented his condolences to the Italian people and the relatives of the soldiers who had perished in...