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STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA Added 2004-02-27 On February 27 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis said that three employees of the Russian Federation Embassy in Lithuania were recently asked to leave the country for the activities not compatible with their...
LITHUANIAN-UKRAINIAN AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL TRAVEL SIGNED Added 2004-02-26 On 25 February in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers on travel of citizens of both countries was signed. The...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS EU AND NATO MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS Added 2004-02-24 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis took part in the session of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the European Union (EU) on 23 February in Brussels. Over the general affairs sitting, President of the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART Added 2004-02-19 On 19 February Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis talked to Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov at the latter’s initiative. Over the conversation Ministers discussed the decision by GAZPROM to stop supplying gas to Belarus. The...
LITHUANIA’S EU MEMBERSHIP TO ENCOURAGE RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE - MFA UNDERSECRETARY Added 2004-02-19 The development Lithuanian-Ukrainian bilateral relations will receive a new impetus and more importance after Lithuania accedes to the European Union (EU), according to Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Rytis...
FOREIGN UNDERSECRETARY MEETS WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN KYIV Added 2004-02-13 On 12 February, Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Darius Jurgelevičius, currently on visit to Kyiv, met with Georgian Foreign Minister Tedo Japaridze, visiting the Ukrainian capital. The meeting was also...
LITHUANIA WILL HOST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCEMENT OF OTTAWA CONVENTION Added 2004-02-13 This June Lithuania will host in Vilnius a regional conference on advancing the 1997 Ottawa Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel landmines in Northern and Eastern Europe. Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations...
FOREIGN MINISTER URGES TO FOCUS ON NEGOTIATIONS OVER FUTURE EU BUDGET Added 2004-02-11 On 10 February, the European Commission (EC) announced a Communication, setting out the European Union’s (EU) future budget plans for the period 2007-2013. The EC suggests determining three main priorities of the EU policy in the prospective...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS POLISH FOREIGN UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE IN VILNIUS Added 2004-02-06 On 5 February, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Antanas Valionis met with Undersecretary of State at the Polish MFA Jan Truszczyński, who came to Vilnius to take part in the political consultations. At the meeting, the officials...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS US SECRETARY OF STATE Added 2004-01-26 On 23 January during his visit in Washington, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis met with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. Colin Powell thanked Lithuania for its active support in the fight against international...