WorldOn Thursday, April 24, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Prague to attend a high level meeting to mark the 5th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership. During the meeting, the heads of state of EU and Eastern Partnership countries will discuss how to ensure the continuity and efficiency of the Eastern Partnership programme in view of the newly emerging challenges to the region's security and stability. A delegation of U.S. senators carried out a visit at the Ministry of National Defence2014-04-22, 17:51On April 16 Senators of the United States Congress John McCain, John Barrasso, John Hoeven and Ron Johnson paid a visit to the Ministry of National Defence and met with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius, and other officials of the National Defence System. Lithuania supports referring the human rights situation in North Korea to international criminal justice mechanism2014-04-20, 13:5517 April, New York. "Widespread and gross human rights violations are being committed by the state almost on an industrial scale. In many instances, as stated by the Commission of Inquiry, the violations in North Korea constitute grave crimes against humanity", - said Ms. Rita Kazragienė, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, during the Arria formula meeting of the Security Council on the Commission of Inquiry report on human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Presentation of the G-Global megaproject in China2014-04-19, 10:39At the Boao Forum for Asia-2014 (BFA) one of the most promising projects of Kazakhstan – info-communicative platform G-Global and the Astana Economic Forum – was presented to the world public. BFA, the main task of which is to promote economic cooperation in the Asian region, has become an excellent platform for the presentation of Kazakhstan's initiatives. The EP passed three resolutions on Thursday, supporting the recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations in North Korea; expressing deep concern at the increase in sectarian violence and religious intolerance in Pakistan; and condemning the recent attacks against religious and ethnic communities and the suffering of women and children in Syria. Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences to South Korean President over the ferry accident2014-04-17, 12:37President Dalia Grybauskaitė, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and personally, offered condolences to President Park Guen-hye of South Korea over the tragic ferry accident at sea. The President and U.S. Senators discussed European security2014-04-16, 19:39President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with U.S. Republican Senators John McCain, John Barrasso and John Hoeven. The main points of discussion were the situation in Ukraine and the threats it posed to the security of Europe and the Baltic region. The President and Senators also reviewed concrete steps to strengthen cooperation between Lithuania and the United States. The European Parliament does not recognise Russia's illegal occupation of the Crimea, and urges it to withdraw its troops from Ukraine's border in line with international law and principles, said President Schulz, opening the final plenary session of this legislature. He also called a minute's silence marking the 20th anniversary of Rwanda's genocide of 800,000 people. Lithuanian MFA issues statement on situation in Eastern Ukraine2014-04-14, 11:36We express strong support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania states. G7 summit in Brussels on 4-5 June 20142014-04-13, 11:06The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission will meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format. |
|
© 2013 All rights reserved to the public enterprise ‘L24plius’. |