STATEMENT BY ANTANAS VALIONIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AT THE CONFERENCE “THE NORTHERN DIMENSION AND ARCTIC WINDOW”
Added 2002-08-28
Ilulissat, Greenland28 August, 2002 Dear Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen,Let me start by thanking our host Jonathan Motzfeld, Prime Minister of Greenland, for his kind invitation to visit his island situated in the real northern dimension of the...
STATEMENT BY ANTANAS VALIONIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AT THE NORDIC-BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
Added 2002-08-27
August 26, 2002 TallinnDear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen,Being fully aware of the topic I am given - the EU enlargement - I will start with the words of satisfaction regarding the Nordic-Baltic co-operation which is a perfect example of how...
MINISTER ANTANAS VALIONIS TAKES PART IN NORDIC-BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
Added 2002-08-27
On 26 August, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis attended a meeting of Nordic-Baltic Foreign ministers in Tallinn.
At the meeting, Minister Valionis noted that the Nordic-Baltic cooperation is an excellent example of regional...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND AUSTRIA AFFECTED BY HEAVY FLOODS
Added 2002-08-22
On 21 August, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis sent letters of condolence to the Foreign Ministers of two countries, which suffered from high floods – the Czech Republic and Austria.
The letter to the head of the Czech diplomacy...
US CONGRESSMAN COMMENDS LITHUANIA ON ITS PROGRESS TOWARDS NATO INTEGRATION AND ENCOURAGES OPTIMISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR PRAGUE SUMMIT
Added 2002-08-10
On 8 August, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis met with Chair of the European Subcommittee of International Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives Elton Gallegly, who had been visiting Vilnius.
At the meeting with the...
LITHUANIA POSTS STABLE SUPPORT FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP
Added 2002-08-07
Opinion polls of July proved that support for Lithuania's NATO membership remains unchanged. More than two out of three country's residents have a positive view of Lithuania's aspiration for NATO membership.
68.4 % of inhabitants approve of...
FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES LETTER FROM EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSIONER
Added 2002-07-24
On 23 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis received EU External Relations Commissioner Christopher Patten’s letter which emphasises that any decision on the Kaliningrad Region will also have to be approved by the candidate...
LITHUANIA JOINS TREATY ON OPEN SKIES
Added 2002-07-23
On 22 July, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) at the OSCE approved Lithuania’s application to join the Open Skies Treaty.
According to Director of Multilateral Relations Department of the MFA Rytis Paulauskas, on joining the...
COMMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Added 2002-07-23
/Unofficial translation/
In a comment to the news agency BNS on French President Jacques Chirac’s statement concerning introduction of transit visas for inhabitants of the Kaliningrad Region, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
VILNIUS-HOSTED SESSION OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS RECEIVES ESPECIAL EVALUATION
Added 2002-07-17
On July 15 in Strasbourg, the Committee of Ministers (CM) of the Council of Europe (CoE) thanked Lithuania for organising the 110th session of the CM in Vilnius.
The approved Report emphasises that the session of Vilnius was an undoubted...