"In order to push forward mutually beneficial cooperation, it is necessary to comply with international agreements as well as to base our neighbourly relations on the principle of equivalence and mutual respect," L.Linkevičius said at the meeting.
Russia's new Ambassador presented his letters of credence to the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė on 12 December. A.Udaltsov has replaced the former Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Lithuania Vladimir Chkhikvadze.