LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EUROPE WILL BE SECURE, IF WE WILL BE READY TO SPREAD AND DEFEND OUR VALUES
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At a conference on the European security culture on 30 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas indicated that along the known threats of today – terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts and...
OPENING REMARKS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA PETRAS VAITIEKŪNAS AT THE CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY CULTURE (Vilnius, 30 May 2008)
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Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to welcome you all this fresh morning here in Vilnius, the city which will be European capital of culture next year. Today we will discuss about different sort of culture -...
THE ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE (Lithuania in the World, No 2, 2008, p. 4-7)
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Maintaining the integrity of the nation state has been a long and continuing process
The three Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, declared their wish to be independent almost at the same time in 1918, when at the end of the First World...
IN STOCKHOLM THE PROGRESS OF IRAQ WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ
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On 29 May, in Stockholm, Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oskaras Jusys took part in the review conference of the implementation of the international compact with Iraq, in which he presented the input of Lithuania into...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE EU COMMISSIONER DISCUSSED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE EU’S DECISIONS
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On 29 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallström and discussed with her the significance of the civil society and non-governmental organisations’ participation...
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND RUSSIA ON THE RULES OF TRAVELLING FOR BORDER TERRITORY RESIDENTS IS ALMOST CONCLUDED
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On 27-28 May, in Vilnius, consular consultations of representatives from the Lithuanian and Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs were held. The participants of the consultations discussed and essentially agreed the agreement between the...
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RECEIVED THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
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On 28 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Ambassador of the United Kingdom Simon John Butt, who is at the beginning of his tenure in Lithuania.
During the meeting, important aspects of bilateral relations...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEWED THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITHUANIA’S STATEHOOD AND THE FORMATION OF FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES FROM THE REFORM MOVEMENT TIMES TILL THE EU AND NATO MEMBERSHIP
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On 27 May, at the general meeting session of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, which was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas reviewed the...
LITHUANIA’S EFFORT TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION WAS WELCOMED IN BRUSSELS
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On 27 May, during the session of Development Ministers of the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels, in which the progress in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals was discussed, the effort of the...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF KYRGYZSTAN
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On 27 May, Lithuanian Ambassador Romualdas Kozyrovičius presented credentials to the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev.