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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS A MEETING WITH HEAD OF THE OSCE OFFICE IN MINSK Added 2011-01-05 On 5 January in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office Audronius Ažubalis met with Head of the OSCE office in Minsk Benedikt Haller.
THE OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP ACQUAINTED THE JOURNALIST COMMUNITY OF LITHUANIA WITH ITS PRIORITIES AND THE TEAM Added 2011-01-05 VILNIUS, 5 January 2011 – At the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 4 January, the journalist community of Lithuania was acquainted with the priorities and the main team members of Lithuania’s Chairmanship of the Organization...
OSCE preparing to phase out Belarus bureau: official (Jan 5 2011, AFP) Added 2011-01-05 The OSCE bureau in Belarus is preparing to phase itself out within months, its chief said Wednesday, after Belarus's move to shut the transatlantic security group’s office was slammed by the EU and the US.Belarus last week ordered the closure of...
MOLDOVA HOPES THAT LITHUANIA WILL HELP TO SETTLE THE PROTRACTED CONFLICT IN TRANSNISTRIA Added 2011-01-04 On 3 January 2011, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Iurie Leancă. During the conversation, Minister I.Leancă congratulated Lithuania on...
Lithuania says it keeps "doors open" for Belarus, refuses to comment on EU's possible sanctions (Jan 4 2011, BNS) Added 2011-01-04 The European Union (EU) will have to decide later in January on a joint response to the Belarusian administration's strict actions against the opposition, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis said on Tuesday, emphasizing the necessity...
OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP STARTS CONSULTATIONS ON CONTINUING OSCE’S WORK IN BELARUS Added 2011-01-04 VILNIUS, 3 January 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today that the Chairmanship had started consultations that aim to find a solution that would enable the OSCE to continue its work in...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILIES OF THE COPTIC COMMUNITY IN EGYPT Added 2011-01-03 On 3 January, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis expressed condolences to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit over the fatal bombing of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria.
Lithuania taking diplomatic measures to resume work of OSCE office in Minsk (Jan 3 2011, BNS) Added 2011-01-03 The Lithuanian Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is taking diplomatic measures to have Belarus reconsider its decision to terminate operations of the OSCE bureau in Minsk, Lithuania's Foreign Minister...
Lithuanian officials reject ex-president Adamkus' criticism over policy towards Belarus (Jan 3 2011, BNS) Added 2011-01-03 Lithuanian top officials on Monday rejected former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' criticism over Lithuania's policy towards Belarus. Adamkus had called "Lithuania's foreign policy towards Belarus a catastrophe", and his successor's...
Lithuania takes over OSCE chairmanship (2011 Jan 3, Petras Vaida, BC) Added 2011-01-03 On 1 January 2011, Lithuania took over the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with a focus on internal and external threats in the OSCE area, fostering democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms,...