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THE BALTIC STATES SHOULD SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE Added 2007-11-16 On 16 November, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and the newly appointed Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Riekstinis, who came to Vilnius on his working visit, discussed important issues of bilateral relations,...
WE OUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF STRONG EUROPEAN UNION, WHICH WOULD ACT AS A HARMONIOUS COMMUNITY OF STATES Added 2007-11-16 On 16 November, at the conference “Political and Cultural Transformations of European States Identity: the Role of the European Union”, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša indicated in his welcoming...
KNOWLEDGEABLY CURIOUS (Lithuania in the World, 2007 No5, p. 14-17) Added 2007-11-16 John A. Cloud, the American ambassador to Lithuania, speaks about his life here and the past and present of Lithuania-US relations For a representative of what political analysts like to call a “hegemonic power”, John A. Cloud cuts a remarkably...
A UNIQUE LANGUAGE: THE OLDEST LIVING INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD (Lithuania in the World, 2007 No5, p.18-21) Added 2007-11-16 Due to their similar political situations and their historical development in the 20th century, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are often treated as sisters, and referred to as the Baltic States. The name Baltic is even applied to the entire region....
THE ISSUES OF COOPERATION IN THE REGION OF LITHUANIAN-BELARUSIAN BORDER ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN DRUSKININKAI Added 2007-11-15 On 15 November, in Druskininkai during the Lithuanian-Belarusian forum “Druskininkai and Hrodna. The Search for Mutually Beneficial Ways of Development”, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša indicated that such...
FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURS (2007 Issue 9, p. 51-53) Added 2007-11-14 We met with the H.E. Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania, Mr Borys Klimchuk at the Ukrainian Embassy in Vilnius where we discussed the many issues involving the joint historical, economical, cultural and political ties between our two countries....
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS GEORGIA, WHICH IS STEPPING FIRMLY UPON ITS PATH OF DEMOCRATIC REFORMS AND EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION Added 2007-11-10 On 9 November, in Tbilisi, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. At the meeting the situation in Georgia was discussed. According to President of Georgia M.Saakashvili, the...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGRATULATED THE NEWLY APPOINTED LATVIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Added 2007-11-09 On 9 November, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas congratulated the newly appointed Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Riekstinis.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS WAS EMPHASIZED IN YEREVAN Added 2007-11-09 Armenia’s needs in the area of European integration and possible forms of Lithuania’s support were discussed on 8 November, in Yerevan, during the meetings between Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and Armenian President...
LITHUANIA ENCOURAGES ARMENIA TO APPLY THE EXPERIENCE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION OF THE BALTIC COUNTRIES Added 2007-11-08 During a working visit to Armenia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian discussed Armenia’s Euro-integration goals and the implementation of the European Neighbourhood...