![]() WorldLithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius says the crash of the Russian rouble against the US Dollar to record lows should not be gloated over. According to the foreign minister, the financial crisis in Russia is a good moment for the country to change the course of its policy. Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the brutal school attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 16 December. The Taliban movement in Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack that left more than hundred dead. The number of victims continues to grow. Joint statement on the police raids and arrests of media representatives in Turkey2014-12-15, 11:56Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission, and Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, issued the following statement today: The European Union welcomes the outcome of the United Nations climate conference in Lima as a step forward on the road to a global climate deal in Paris next year. The conference agreed on two deliverables, the Lima Call for Climate Action and the draft elements text for the 2015 Agreement. As countries come forward with proposed emissions reduction targets in the coming months, the Lima Call requires all countries to describe their proposed target in a clear, transparent and understandable way. This will enable us to quantify our proposed contributions. And in order to asses whether these contributions are fair and ambitious and the collective effort puts us on track to keep global warming below the 2 degrees centigrade, the UNFCCC secretariat will publish the contributions and prepare a synthesis report. The EU stands ready to help in this process and engage in constructive discussions with other countries about their proposed targets. Moscow has begun lobbying what it sees as sympathetic EU capitals – Budapest, Nicosia, and Rome – to veto renewal of Russia sanctions in 2015. On 11 December, Lithuania's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, who is visiting Lithuania. The officials discussed bilateral relations, cooperation with Eastern European countries and international security. Some 6,000 workers made redundant in France, Greece, Italy and Poland should receive EU aid worth €35.5 million to help them find or create jobs, recommended the Budgets Committee on Thursday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid still has to be approved by Parliament as a whole and the Council of Ministers. On 8-9 December 2014, the European Union and the People's Republic of China held the 33rd round of the EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights in Brussels. The EU delegation was led by Gerhard Sabathil, Director for East Asia and the Pacific in the European External Action Service. The Chinese delegation was led by Li Junhua, Director General for International Organisations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently on a two-day official visit in Turkey, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This is a reciprocal visit by the President of Lithuania aimed at promoting bilateral political, economic and cultural ties, trade and business cooperation. During her visit, the President is accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania and a Lithuanian business delegation. So far 9 subjects have used aid approved by the European Commission in September 2014 for Lithuanian fruit and vegetable growers who suffered from the Russian embargo. The aid instrument will be in force to 31 December, 2014. |
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