WorldLithuania’s Foreign Minister congratulates new United States Assistant Secretary of State on appointment2017-10-03, 14:03The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius has congratulated Wess Mitchell on his appointment as the new United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences, both personally and on behalf of the Lithuanian people, to U.S. President Donald Trump over the brutal mass shooting in Las Vegas that left dozens of people dead and many injured. On 28 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas met with China’s candidate for UNESCO’s post of Director-General Qian Tang, has who has served as Assistant-Director General for Education of UNESCO. Qian Tang has arrived in Lithuania to present his candidacy. At the first October plenary session in Strasbourg, lawmakers will be setting out Parliament's position on Brexit negotiations, discussing the telecom package, dealing with cybercrime, tax fraud, mass airline flight cancellations and much more. Progress on EU priorities in the first four rounds of talks with the UK has not been sufficient, says Parliament’s draft resolution Linkevičius meets with Georgia’s Minister of Defence, stresses importance of continuing reforms2017-09-28, 14:28On 27 September in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Georgia’s Minister of Defence Levan Izoria. The Foreign Ministers discussed further European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia and regional security issues. On 21 August 2017, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, welcomed the delegation of the Flemish Parliament headed by its Speaker Jan Peumans. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, had a meeting with the United States Deputy Secretary of State, John J. Sullivan; Deputy National Security Adviser to the US President, Major General Ricky L. Waddell; and Senior Director for NATO/Europe, National Security Council, Richard J. Hooker, in Washington D.C. on 21 September 2017. On 20 September Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the High-Level Open Debate of the UN Security Council Regarding the Reform of UN Peacekeeping. “Ireland is crucial to the Union”, said European Parliament coordinator for Brexit Guy Verhofstadt on a fact-finding mission to Belfast, the border area and Dublin. |
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