WorldOn 27 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius began his official visit to Indonesia. In Indonesia's capital city Jakarta, Linkevičius met with the Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to discuss strengthening relations between Lithuania and Indonesia, international issues and opportunities for Lithuanian entrepreneurs to work in the Indonesian market. On 25 August, the Ambassador of Lithuania Valentina Zeitler presented her credential letters to the President of Switzerland Simonetta Sommaruga. The meeting focused on important issues of cooperation between Lithuania and Switzerland. The officials discussed European migration problems in detail. Joint Statement on the signature by President Kiir of the peace agreement for South Sudan2015-08-27, 10:09Joint Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the signature by President Kiir of the peace agreement for South Sudan. Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini following the meeting of the EU-facilitated dialogue2015-08-26, 16:15I hosted a meeting of the high level dialogue for normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina with Prime Ministers Aleksandar Vučić and Isa Mustafa and their delegations in Brussels today to finalise implementation arrangements of four key agreements: on energy, telecoms, establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities as well as the Freedom of Movement/Mitrovica Bridge. The First Conference of States parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, Cancun-Mexico, 24-27 August 20152015-08-25, 12:57Illicit arms flows fuel conflicts and instability, support criminal activities and result in a terrible human toll. According to the UN, 750 000 people die every year of armed violence, much of it caused by illicit arms trafficking. The release of Mykalai Statkevich, Mykalai Dziadok, Ihar Alinevich, Jury Rubstov, Euheny Vaskovich and Arytom Prakapenka, is a long -sought step forward. They are now free. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently on a working visit to Latvia, and Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis attended the inauguration ceremony of the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (StratCom COE). The European Commission signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greece for a new stability support programme late on Wednesday. The European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Europe's firewall established in 2012 in response to the global financial crisis, will be able to disburse up to EUR 86 billion in loans over the next three years, provided that Greek authorities implement reforms to address fundamental economic and social challenges, as specified in the MoU. Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry condemns Russian Court’s jail sentence for Estonian officer2015-08-20, 09:12The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania condemns the decision taken by the Pskov Region Court of the Russian Federation to sentence the Estonian security service officer Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison. Parliamentary elections on 17 August in Sri Lanka were genuine, well administered and peaceful overall. The people of Sri Lanka came out to vote in high numbers, confirming their support for continued democratic reform. |
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