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THE LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA Added 2009-06-12 On 11 June, Lithuanian Ambassador Jonas Rudalevičius presented credentials to Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Sergei Ordzhonikidze. During the conversation, the Director-General presented key directions of the...
SPEECH OF LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE 8TH CONFERENCE ON BALTIC STUDIES IN EUROPE “THE BALTICS AS AN INTERESECTION OF CIVILIZATIONAL IDENTITIES”. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, 12 June 2009. Added 2009-06-12 Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues and Guests, Frequently discussed question – does the Baltic Region have a Future? – is the one of a great importance in the context of defining Lithuanian foreign policy priorities and making options in...
LITHUANIANS CELEBRATE MILLENNIUM ODYSSEY (Embassy, Issue 16, p.4) Added 2009-06-11 Epic Journey Nears Completion Over 400 Lithuanians gathered at Tower Millennium Pier to greet the brave yachtsmen of the Lithuanian Millennium Odyssey, who have been on a nine-month journey visiting 26 Lithuanian communities in 20 countries...
DRAFT STRATEGY OF LITHUANIA’S ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEES OF THE SEIMAS Added 2009-06-11 On 10 June, Undersecretary of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė and Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė presented a draft “Strategy of the Activities of the Republic of Lithuania in the Islamic Republic...
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF LITHUANIA AND SWEDEN WELCOMED THE EU STRATEGY FOR THE BALTIC SEA REGION Added 2009-06-10 On 10 June in Stockholm, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt. The Ministers discussed key issues of the forthcoming Sweden’s EU Presidency and welcomed the EU Strategy...
AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS ARE KEY SPHERES OF COOPERATION BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND KAZAKHSTAN Added 2009-06-09 Continuing his official visit to Kazakhstan, on 9 June in Almaty, Lithuania‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas together with Lithuanian Minister for Agriculture Kazimieras Starkevičius opened a business forum of Lithuania and...
ON THE EVE OF OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP, LITHUANIA AND KAZAKHSTAN STRENGTHEN COOPERATION Added 2009-06-08 During his official visit in Astana (Kazakhstan) on 8 June, Lithuania‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with Kazakhstan‘s Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin.
LITHUANIA’S HONORARY CONSUL BEGAN HIS TENURE IN JAPAN Added 2009-06-04 On 4 June in Japan, the office of Lithuania’s Honorary Consul was opened in Osaka. It will be headed by Honorary Consul Takeo Obayashi.  Representatives from Osaka prefecture and Osaka city authorities, general consuls and honorary consuls...
LITHUANIA PRESENTED THE GOALS OF ITS PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BALTIC SEA STATES Added 2009-06-04 On 4 June in Elsinore (Denmark) at the 15th Ministerial Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas presented priorities of Lithuania’s Presidency of this organisation. Minister...
SPEECH BY LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE 15TH MINISTERIAL SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BALTIC SEA STATES. Elsinore, 4 June 2009 Added 2009-06-04 Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, allow me to thank Minister Per Stig Moller and Ambassador Karsten Petersen for the excellent Danish Presidency. Please let me assure you that the incoming Lithuanian Presidency will do its best...