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PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LITHUANIAN MEMBERSHIP IN NATO GROWS Added 2001-01-23 Public support for Lithuanian membership in NATO has been rapidly growing as demonstrated by the results of the opinion poll conducted on November 26-December 2 and December 10-16, 2000, by the “SIC Rinkos Tyrimai” company. According to the...
LITHUANIA AND RUSSIA APPROVE AGREEMENT ON THE APPLICATION OF BILATERAL CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY BUILDING MEASURES Added 2001-01-19 On January 19, Lithuania and Russia exchanged notes confirming the agreement reached last year on the application of bilateral confidence and security building measures. The foreign ministries of Lithuania and Russia reached the agreement in May...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SENDS A LETTER TO US SENATOR HELMS Added 2001-01-17 On January 17, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis sent a letter to the Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jesse Helms. In his address to Chairman Helms he expressed appreciation for the attention showed for...
US-BALTIC PARTNERSHIP CHARTER CELEBRATES THIRD YEAR Added 2001-01-17 January 16 marks three years since the Presidents of the US, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia signed the US-Baltic Partnership Charter in Washington. In signing the document on January 16, 1998, the four Presidents began a new era of cooperation...
STATEMENT BY H.E. ALGIRDAS SAUDARGAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA AT THE 2000 REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (New York, 25 April 2000) Added 2000-04-25 Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates,   I have the honour to congratulate you, Ambassador Abdallah Baali, on your election as President of this Review Conference. It is my sincere belief that under your skilful presidency the Conference...
OPENING STATEMENT BY MR. ALGIRDAS SAUDARGAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, AT THE CONFERENCE ON ACCESSION TO THE EU (Brussels, 15 February 2000) Added 2000-02-15 I. Background 1.  The negotiations which are starting today are an extraordinary event in the relations between Lithuania and the European Union. For the EU Member States and Lithuania the development of European integration is a matter of...
ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. ALGIRDAS SAUDARGAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA AT THE UN GA 54TH SESSION (New York, 29 September 1999) Added 1999-09-29 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the special pleasure to see you guide the United Nations General Assembly during this session over the junction of centuries and millennia. We will lend total support to your endeavour,...
ADDRESS OF H.E. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, MR. ALGIRDAS SAUDARGAS "FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES AND NATO-PARTNER CO-OPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EAPC AND PFP" (Brussels, 8 December 1998) Added 1998-12-08 Secretary General,Your Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, Today's topic gives us a good opportunity to discuss wide issues of common concern. Over the past several months, all of us have closely followed the development of the situation in...
CLOSING STATEMENT BY MR. ALGIRDAS SAUDARGAS, INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE CBSS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AT THE 7TH CBSS MINISTERIAL SESSION (Nyborg, June 22-23, 1998) Added 1998-06-23 The chairmanship of the CBSS is a very important task for Lithuania. Good relations with neighbours, political stability, and democratic, economic and social development of the Baltic Sea region have always been and are among the top priorities of...
INTERVENTION BY H.E. MR. ALGIRDAS SAUDARGAS MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA AT THE MEETING OF THE EURO-ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL IN THE FOREIGN MINISTERS SESSION (Brussels, 17 December 1997) Added 1997-12-17 Mr. Chairman,Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start by congratulating my colleagues – the Polish, Czech and Hungarian Foreign Ministers – upon completing the pre-accession talks with the Alliance. The accession of these three Central European...