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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...
LITHUANIA JOINS EU DECLARATION IN COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS Added 2002-09-11 Lithuania aligned itself with the European Union's (EU) declaration, by which heads of state and government of the EU expressed their condolences to the families and friends of the victims of terrorist acts of September 11 and those who perished...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HIGH OFFICIALS FROM EU, COE AND OSCE Added 2002-09-02 On 29-30 August, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis participated in the EU Regional Conference "Partners in Prevention" held in the Swedish town of Helsingborg, where high officials of the UN, NATO, EU and OSCE gathered to discuss...
MFA RECEIVES LETTER OF APOLOGY FROM BBC Added 2002-09-02 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a letter of apology from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) admitting that Lithuania was mistakenly included in the list of countries which are suspected of having supplied arms to Somalia over the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PARTICIPATES IN CONFERENCE ON ISSUES OF NOTHERN DIMENSION Added 2002-08-29 On 28 August in Greenland, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis attended a ministerial conference of the European Union member states and partner states for discussing the implementation of the Action Plan under the Northern Dimension...
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...