STATEMENT BY ANTANAS VALIONIS, HEAD OF NEGOTIATIONS DELEGATION, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Added 2002-06-14
6th Meeting of Accession Conference with LithuaniaMinisterial Level (11 June 2002)Mr. President,Mr. Commissioner,Dear colleagues,Our accession negotiations have now reached the crucial stage when the most important chapters are to be dealt with....
“NEGOTIATIONS HAVE REACHED A FINAL STAGE WHERE ONLY STRATEGIC ISSUES REMAIN” INDICATES LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Added 2002-06-13
According to the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, our accession negotiations have now reached the final stage, when only the most important strategic issues remain to be dealt with. Commenting of the outcome of the Lithuanian - EU...
STATEMENT BY MR. ANTANAS VALIONIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE (Brussels, 10 June 2002)
Added 2002-06-10
PRESENT AND FUTURE OF EUROPE: LITHUANIA’S VIEW
Ladies and Gentlemen,
A while back we did an unusual survey. Respondents were asked how they would describe the European Union if it were a person. Four out of five described it as an honest,...
MANAGEMENT OF FUTURE EXTERNAL EU BORDERS – SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE ALSO FOR LITHUANIA
Added 2002-06-07
On 6 June, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rytis Martikonis speaking at the Convention on the Future of the EU noted that “achievements of the European integration, values of the European Union and its citizens have to be protected....
LITHUANIAN DELEGATION GETS ACQUAINTED WITH CZECH AND POLISH EXPERIENCE IN SOLVING JEWISH HERITAGE ISSUES
Added 2002-06-05
On 3-4 June, the Lithuanian delegation including Lithuania’s Deputy Minister Justas Paleckis, Chairman of the Board of the Jewish Heritage Fund Emanuelis Zingeris, Presidential Advisor Julius Šmulkštys, Prime Minister’s Advisor Vilius...
VILNIUS TO HOUSE WILTON PARK'S CONFERENCE
Added 2002-06-03
On 4-6 June the City Hall of Vilnius will house Wilton Park's conference The Changing Security Environment in the Baltic Region which will examine the prospects and role of the Baltic States in the framework of international and regional security....
COORDINATION COMMISSION FOR LITHUANIA’S INTEGRATION INTO NATO DECIDED TO START THE PREPARATION FOR THE FOURTH LITHUANIA'S NATIONAL NATO INTEGRATION PROGRAMME
Added 2002-05-31
On 30 May, a session of Coordination Commission for Lithuania’s integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation at the Lithuanian Government was held. Chairman of the Coordination Commission Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, Deputy...
LITHUANIAN MFA WELCOMES THE RESULTS OF NATO–RUSSIA SUMMIT IN ROME
Added 2002-05-28
The establishment of the NATO-Russia Council marks a qualitatively new NATO-Russia co-operation level.
INTERVENTIONS BY ANTANAS VALIONIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AT THE MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FROM TEN EU CANDIDATE COUNTRIES (Warsaw, 22 May 2002)
Added 2002-05-24
I SESSIONI thank my colleague and friend minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz for this initiative. I have strong personal feelings for Warsaw ever since I spent seven most interesting years as Lithuanian ambassador to Poland and which were marked by...
HEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN‘S DIPLOMACY GIVES POSITIVE EVALUATION TO LITHUANIA‘S PREPARATION FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP
Added 2002-05-23
On May 21 in London, the Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Antanas Valionis met with Great Britain‘s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw, the Director-General of Farming, Food and Fishing at the Department of...