WorldDeclaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the situation in Bolivia2019-11-18, 18:21Recent events in Bolivia where irregularities in the elections, as demonstrated by the audit of the Organisation of the American States, led to popular protest, to calls from various sectors of society such as the trade unions, armed forces, police, and key political actors for President Morales to leave power and finally to the resignation of the President, are putting in question the country's stability and social peace. On 14 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Ambassador of Kuwait, who resides in Berlin, Najeeb Al-Bader. The meeting discussed possible cooperation between Lithuania and Kuwait in the fields of financial services, agriculture, science and innovation, as well as security in the Middle East. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania closely monitors the situation in the Republic of Moldova after its Government lost a no-confidence vote in the Parliament on 12 November. President Gitanas Nausėda met with a business mission lead by Keidanren Japan business federation that unites over 1.600 Japanese industrial companies to present investment opportunities in Lithuania and the priority synchronization project. Four hundred Wallonian workers dismissed by the Carrefour supermarket chain should receive EU aid worth €1,632,028 to help find new jobs, MEPs decided on Thursday. On November 13–16 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis is conducting a formal visit to the United States where he will attend „The Road to the 2019 NATO Leaders’ Meeting” conference held by the U.S. think-tank Atlantic Council in the run-up for the NATO Summit in London. The Brexit Steering Group met on Tuesday 12 November with several committees to look at the part of the Withdrawal Agreement on citizens' rights. President Gitanas Nausėda congratulated President Andrzej Duda and the people of Poland on Independence day. President Gitanas Nausėda who is on a working visit to Rome met with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. The two Presidents discussed bilateral political, economic and cultural relations between Lithuania and Italy, cooperation in transatlantic organizations, and security issues. UN climate scientists presented MEPs with new evidence on how climate change is affecting food production and oceans. |
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