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Lithuanian and Latvian Prime Ministers Discuss Georgia and Energy Security Added 2008-08-27 Earlier today, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has had a telephone conversation with his Latvian counterpart Ivars Godmanis. The Prime Ministers have discussed the latest developments in Georgia as well as the September European Council...
2008-08-26 | DURING AN EXTRAORDINARY EUROPEAN COUNCIL MEETING LITHUANIA WILL CALL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIA’S DECISION TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF GEORGIAN ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS Added 2008-08-26 Russia’s decision to formally recognize the independence of Georgian administrative units Abkhazia and South Ossetia is a gross violation of the universally accepted principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of states.
Lithuanian and German leaders discussed the situation in Georgia and energy security issues Added 2008-08-26 Tuesday, August 26, Vilnius – Today, August 26, President Valdas Adamkus met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a working visit to Lithuania. 
Energy Security, Situation in Georgia and EU-Russia Relations on Meeting Agenda between Prime Minister and German Chancellor Added 2008-08-26 In his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas expressed his appreciation for Germany’s continuous support for Lithuania’s Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as understanding of the issue of Lithuania’s...
Prime Minister Condemns Russia‘s Decision Added 2008-08-26 Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas is convinced that Russia‘s decision to recognize the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia flagrantly violates the fundamental principles of international law, stipulating that all states have...
BY QUESTIONING GEORGIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, RUSSIA CHOOSES A HAZARDOUS WAY Added 2008-08-25 On 25 August, Georgia’s territorial integrity was openly and roughly encroached, when the State Duma of the Russian Federation voted in favour of addressing the President of Russia with a request to recognise the independence of two administrative...
STATEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Added 2008-08-21 Lithuania considers the release of all political prisoners in Belarus as a serious sign to the Euro-Atlantic community and will seek to initiate a discussion with its partners in the European Union. The discussion would be on the respective means...
NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS EXPRESSED THEIR FIRM SUPPORT TO GEORGIA Added 2008-08-19 On 19 August, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas attended an extraordinary North Atlantic Council meeting, where he and other NATO Foreign Ministers discussed the situation in Georgia.
Declaration by the Presidents of Lithuania and Poland on Granting NATO Membership Action Plan to Ukraine and Georgia Added 2008-08-18 "Russian actions in the sovereign country of Georgia have gone far beyond any reasonable steps to ensure the safety of civilians and peacekeepers and have escalated to open looting, targeted destruction of Georgian economy, landscape and nature,...
STATEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: RUSSIA IS THREATENING TO ARM THE BALTIC SEA FLEET WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS - THIS IS ENTIRELY UNACCEPTABLE Added 2008-08-18 It is entirely unacceptable that Russia is threatening to arm the Baltic Sea Fleet with nuclear weapons and aim them at Poland and the Czech Republic, as a response to the willingness of these countries to join the U.S. missile defence system....