ENCOURAGING CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN LITHUANIAN AND LATVIAN BORDER REGIONS
Added 2006-10-06
On 5 October Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas together with Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks took part in the commemoration of 15th anniversary of restoration of Lithuanian-Latvian diplomatic relations in...
STRONG LITHUANIAN ECONOMY AND DISCIPLINED BUDGET POLICY WOULD ALLOW EARLY ADOPTION OF THE EURO
Added 2006-10-03
On 2 October in Vilnius Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquín Almunia and discussed possibilities of Lithuania’s accession to the euro zone and other...
EU NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY TOWARDS MOLDOVA WAS DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS
Added 2006-10-02
On 2 October Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with the European Union’s Special Representative for Moldova Adriaan Jacobovits de Szeged who is on a visit to Vilnius and discussed advantages and challenges of the...
TWO NEW UNDERSECRETARIES OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WERE APPOINTED
Added 2006-09-29
On 29 September Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas appointed two Undersecretaries of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Žygimantas Pavilionis and Laimonas Talat-Kelpša.
PROSPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RAIL BALTICA PROJECT WERE DISCUSSED IN TALLINN
Added 2006-09-27
On 26 September in Tallinn Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas with Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet and the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Edgar Savisaar...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA
Added 2006-09-27
On 26 September Lithuanian Ambassador Giedrius Puodžiūnas presented credentials to the Federal President of Austria Heinz Fischer in Vienna.
PERSPECTIVES OF CLOSER LITHUANIAN-CANADIAN COOPERATION WERE DISCUSSED IN OTTAWA
Added 2006-09-25
On 21-22 September a delegation led by Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oskaras Jusys held bilateral consultations with representatives of Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and discussed important...
LITHUANIA HOPES THAT RUSSIA WILL REMAIN A RELIABLE ENERGY PARTNER
Added 2006-09-25
On 22 September Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas took part in the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergej Lavrov, where regulation of the conflict in the Middle East, Iran issue,...
THE COUNTRIES ASPIRING TO JOIN NATO SHOULD BE GIVEN A CLEAR PROSPECT
Added 2006-09-22
On 21 September during an informal NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas noted that Lithuania would carry on its mission in Afghanistan and drew attention of his counterparts to the...
SPEECH OF H.E. MR. PETRAS VAITIEKŪNAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA "CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF COMMON EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY"
Added 2006-09-21
Columbia University, New York, September 20, 2006
Honorable guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Standing in front of this distinguished audience, I ask myself of my purpose of being here. On the surface, global energy and...