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MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RECEIVED THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Added 2008-05-28 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 Added 2008-05-27 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 Added 2008-05-27 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 Added 2008-05-27 On 27 May, Lithuanian Ambassador Romualdas Kozyrovičius presented credentials to the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: THE MANDATE, APPROVED BY THE EU MEMBER STATES, IS A SOLID BASIS FOR THE FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA Added 2008-05-26 On 26 May, during the meeting of the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and heads of diplomacy of the EU Member States discussed the issue of a mandate...
STATE SECRETARY OF LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PAID A VISIT TO ISRAEL Added 2008-05-23 On 22 May, State Secretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deividas Matulionis and State Secretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Economy Gediminas Miškinis paid a visit to Israel, where they met with officials of this country.
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: TODAY THE EU AND NATO ARE NO LONGER OBJECTIVES, THEY TURNED INTO INSTRUMENTS, WHICH SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY APPLIED Added 2008-05-23 On 23 May, at the conference ‘Strategic Perspective in the Global World: Grand Strategy of Lithuania’ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas reviewed the main strategic objectives and tasks of foreign policy.
ALLIES OFFER CONDOLENCES TO LITHUANIA ON ITS LOSS OF A SOLDIER Added 2008-05-23 Allies are offering condolences to Lithuania, after the loss of Lithuanian soldier Arūnas Jarmalavičius in the province of Ghor, Afghanistan. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried called Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and on...
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS INVITES REGIONAL BUSINESSMEN TO COOPERATE WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES MORE INTENSIVELY Added 2008-05-22 On 22 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas visited Tauragė, where he met with Tauragė county governor Irena Ričkuvienė, mayor of Tauragė Robertas Piečia, representatives from the Tauragė district municipality and local...
LITHUANIA CONGRATULATES GEORGIA ON ORGANIZING FREE ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEMOCRATIC NORMS Added 2008-05-22 Lithuania congratulates a fresh Georgia’s step on the path of democracy, having organized a free and competitive election according to the main requirements for democratic election, which are set by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in...