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SYRIAN PRESIDENT VALUES LITHUANIA AS GOOD PARTNER, ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN FOCUS Added 2002-10-11 After a working visit in Egypt, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis started his stay in the Syrian Arab Republic. On 8 October, having received the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Syrian President Bashar Al- Assad noted that Lithuania’s...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VALIONIS FOR www.natosummit.cz Added 2002-10-10 On NATO's threshold: to make achievements irreversible Since the restoration of independence in 1990, Lithuania has gone through a successful political and economic transition process and developed into a mature modern democracy with a stable...
“LITHUANIA RECOMMENDED FOR EU MEMBERSHIP, YET A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK STILL TO BE DONE”, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2002-10-10 “The Report by the European Commission on Lithuania’s possibilities to join the EU by 2004 is welcome news, also an evaluation of efforts of all Lithuania’s people. However, it does not mean we may put our feet up. We are in the finishing stretch...
LITHUANIAN AND EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TAKE PART IN INAUGURATION OF LITHUANIAN EMBASSY Added 2002-10-09 On 7 October during the visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis in the Arab Republic of Egypt, a Lithuanian Embassy was officially opened. The Embassy in Cairo has been working since December 2001, yet...
MFA UNDERSECRETARY VISITS BRUSSELS Added 2002-10-04 On 2-3 October, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Giedrius Čekuolis was on a visit in Brussels, where in NATO Headquarters he met with Turkish, British and French Ambassadors to NATO, also with the US...
LITHUANIAN MFA CALLS ON RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO START TALKS ON NEW PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT ON RECIPROCAL TRAVEL Added 2002-10-04 On 4 October, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed in a note to the Russian Embassy in Vilnius to advise that Lithuania had terminated the validity of Provisional Agreement on Reciprocal Travel of Citizens and had been concluding the...
GOVERNMENT APPROVES LITHUANIA’S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAMME: 2002-2003 Added 2002-10-01 On September 25, the Lithuanian Government approved the Annual National Programme for Lithuania’s integration into NATO (2002-2003). Lithuania will follow this programme participating in the annual cycle of the Membership Action Plan. The...
LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT’S DECISION IS CONSISTENT MOVE TOWARDS SCHENGEN AGREEMENT Added 2002-09-27 On 25 September the Government of the Republic of Lithuania decided to denounce the provisional agreement between Lithuanian and Russian Governments concerning travel of citizens of both countries signed on 24 February 1995 and the provisional...
LITHUANIAN MEMBERSHIP IN EU IS PRECONDITION FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO SCHENGEN RULES Added 2002-09-19 “The issue of Kaliningrad transit is important for the European Union’s relations with Russia. This issue also touches upon some of the vital interests of Lithuania,” Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis stated commenting on the European Commission’s...
LITHUANIA SUBMITTED OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR OECD MEMBERSHIP Added 2002-09-16 On 12 September, Lithuanian Ambassador to France Asta Skaisgirytė-Liauškienė met with Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Donald J. Johnston and handed in a letter by Lithuanian Foreign Minister...