Press Releases

2011-01-12 Bilateral relations and cooperation within NATO discussed with U.S. Senator

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with U.S. Senator Richard Durbin. The President underlined at the meeting that the United States was Lithuania’s key partner within NATO and a strategic partner in developing cooperation in the area of security.

2011-01-12 Integration of the Baltic Sea Region – a common interest of Lithuania and Latvia

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received Speaker of the Latvian Saeima, Solvita Āboltiņa. The President underlined in the meeting that Lithuania and Latvia as Baltic neighbours should cooperate still more closely as they are bound by shared political and economic interests and common priorities within the European Union and NATO.

2011-01-10 Facilitated visa regime for Belarusian citizens will promote democratization of Belarus

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė wrote a letter to President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, urging them to look for ways to facilitate travelling and visa regime within the Schengen area for Belarusians irrespective of any sanctions that might be imposed by the EU on the Belarusian administration.

2011-01-03 Situation in Belarus – one of the main issues for Lithuanian Chairmanship of OSCE

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė and Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, the new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office as from 1 January, discussed priorities and main concerns for the Lithuanian Chairmanship of this Organization. The President underlined that the OSCE chaired by Lithuania would seek progress in resolving frozen conflicts, strengthen cooperation in combating modern threats, including energy isolation and cyber threats, and seek to enforce respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms by ensuring the freedom of press and democratic elections.

2010-12-23 The President congratulated the Emperor of Japan on national holiday

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to His Imperial Majesty Akihito on his birthday and Japan's national holiday.

2010-12-23 Lithuanian and Latvian Presidents talked over the phone before Christmas

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received a phone call from Latvia’s President Valdis Zatlers to exchange season’s greetings. President Grybauskaitė wished her Latvian counterpart and his family as well as people of his country peaceful holidays and a good New Year.

2010-12-21 The President: Political declarations of NATO’s strategic concept must be translated into reality

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Lithuania’s defense attachés to discuss issues related to defense and security in their operational regions as well as military and political cooperation plans and prospects. They also discussed plans of Lithuania’s defense structures for the coming year, and activities within NATO and with partners.

2010-12-17 The President: EU consensus on the support mechanism for crisis-stricken countries is beneficial for Lithuania

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė says the decision taken by the European Council to amend the EU Treaty to provide for the establishment of a permanent support mechanism for crisis-stricken eurozone countries is very important for Lithuania. “Yesterday and today the European Council discussed very serious issues relevant for the future of the eurozone and the whole European Union. We, representatives of all countries, agreed that the EU Treaty must be amended in order to be able to set up a support mechanism for countries in financial difficulty. This is important not only to the eurozone but also to other countries of the EU, including Lithuania,” President Dalia Grybauskaitė said.

2010-12-17 The President: The EU will have a support mechanism for crisis-affected countries

European leaders agreed on the need to amend the EU Treaty to allow for the establishment of a permanent stability mechanism to be used to rescue struggling countries of the eurozone by helping them stabilize their financial systems. “Amendments to the Treaty are important for all countries of the European Union, not just the eurozone. For Lithuania, too. No Member State is immune to financial difficulties in the future; therefore, all of them are interested in having a clearly-defined rescue mechanism,” says President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė attending the European Council meeting in Brussels.

2010-12-16 The President congratulated the President of Kazakhstan on Independence Day

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations on behalf of herself and all people of Lithuania to President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the people of Kazakhstan on Kazakhstan’s national holiday, the nineteenth anniversary of independence.