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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: POLAND’S PARTICIPATION IN THE NUCLEAR STATION BUILDING PROJECT IS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT Added 2006-12-08 On 8 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Polish Minister of State Treasury Wojciech Jasinski, Minister of Economy Piotr Wozniak and Minister of Transport Jerzy Polaczek, who paid a working visit to...
NATO’S RIGA RIFT – REALITY OR RUMOUR (article published in Lithuanian in the daily "Lietuvos rytas" of 8 December, 2006 Nr.282) Added 2006-12-08 Last week, the Atlantic Alliance’s Heads of State and Government held a Summit in Riga.  This was not just another international gathering.  The Riga deliverables have charted the path for the Alliance for the coming years and will make...
LITHUANIA IS READY TO SHARE EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE WITH MACEDONIA Added 2006-12-07 On 6 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia Antonio Milososki, who paid an official visit to Lithuania. At the meeting Lithuanian Foreign Minister underlined that...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON INTERNAL PREPARATIONS FOR ACCESSION TO THE SCHENGEN AREA IN 2007 Added 2006-12-07 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas welcomes the decisions of the   EU Justice and Home Affairs Council opening Lithuania a possibility to join the Schengen area.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER URGES OSCE TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO REGULATION OF “FROZEN” CONFLICTS Added 2006-12-05 On 4 December at the 14th Ministerial Council  of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Brussels Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas marked, that  the OSCE members should devote more...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES THE DECISION TO ESTABLISH EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN LITHUANIA Added 2006-12-04 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas welcomed one of the most important achievements of European integration – the decision of the EU Council of 1 December to establish European Institute for Gender Equality in Lithuania.
STRENGTHENING LITHUANIAN-NORWEGIAN COOPERATION Added 2006-12-04 On 1 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received the new Ambassador of Norway to Lithuania Steinar Gil.
BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND ICELAND WAS DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS Added 2006-12-01 On 30 November Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas had a working dinner with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland Valgerdur   who paid a visit to Vilnius. The Ministers discussed the results of the NATO...
ADDRESS BY LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PETRAS VAITIEKŪNAS AT THE PUBLIC DEBATE, DEDICATED TO THE FORTHCOMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY OF ROME (Vilnius, 30 November, 2006) Added 2006-11-30 Dear Ambassadors, Guests and participants of this debate, Ladies and gentlemen, Almost two years ago in this hall we also spoke about our and European Union’s future. Do you remember – we had just ratified the Treaty establishing a Constitution...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: THE MORE UNITED AND STRONGER EUROPE WILL BE, THE BETTER LITHUANIA’S INTERESTS WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE WORLD Added 2006-11-30 On 30 November Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas greeted the participants of the public debate, dedicated to the forthcoming 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, taking place in Vilnius.