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LITHUANIA JOINS TREATY ON OPEN SKIES Added 2002-07-23 On 22 July, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) at the OSCE approved Lithuania’s application to join the Open Skies Treaty. According to Director of Multilateral Relations Department of the MFA Rytis Paulauskas, on joining the...
COMMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Added 2002-07-23 /Unofficial translation/ In a comment to the news agency BNS on French President Jacques Chirac’s statement concerning introduction of transit visas for inhabitants of the Kaliningrad Region, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
VILNIUS-HOSTED SESSION OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS RECEIVES ESPECIAL EVALUATION Added 2002-07-17 On July 15 in Strasbourg, the Committee of Ministers (CM) of the Council of Europe (CoE) thanked Lithuania for organising the 110th session of the CM in Vilnius. The approved Report emphasises that the session of Vilnius was an undoubted...
AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON ESTABLISHING DANISH FOUNDATION TO ASSIST LITHUANIA’S EU-PREPARATION EFFORTS Added 2002-07-01 On June 26, in the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a meeting of the Joint Committee under the Danish Government FEU-Programme in support of Lithuania’s preparation for EU membership took place. Head of the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign...
ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS DISCUSSED OVER MINISTER VALIONIS’ MEETING WITH EU DIPLOMATS Added 2002-07-01 During the Spanish Presidency of the EU, Lithuania has started addressing the most sensitive issues in the EU entry talks, while the conclusion of those and other issues will fall on the six-month term of Danish presidency, Minister of Foreign...
HAVING EVALUATED FIRST SEMESTER’S PROGRESS, LITHUANIA’S DELEGATION FOR EU ACCESSION DISCUSSES DECISION ON LAND SALE TO FOREIGNERS Added 2002-06-28 According to Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, although Lithuania is one of the most successful candidate countries in the EU accession negotiations, the importance of the forthcoming semester’s tasks shows that Lithuanian negotiators will have...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS SPAIN Added 2002-06-25 The Chief of Lithuanian Diplomacy Antanas Valionis visited Seville (Spain), where a Summit of the European Union took place on 21-22 June. On 20-21 June, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister participated in preparatory meetings with high officials of...
LITHUANIA’S POPULAR SUPPORT FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP REMAINS STABLE Added 2002-06-24 Support of Lithuania’s population for NATO membership remains stable according to the opinion polls conducted in May – June. Lithuania’s membership in NATO has received support of 68.1 per cent of population, while 27.2 per cent consider...
LITHUANIAN AND POLISH EXPERTS DISCUSS NAME WRITING POSSIBILITIES FOR RECIPROCAL ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE TWO COUNTRIES Added 2002-06-20 On June 19, consultations between Lithuanian and Polish experts took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where technical possibilities of writing personal names and surnames of both the Lithuanian ethnic minority in Poland and the Polish...
FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON JEWISH COMMUNITY PROPERTY Added 2002-06-18 On June 18, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a delegation lead by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis met with representatives of the International Committee on Jewish Community Property. The Jewish...