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06VILNIUS450
2006-05-15 10:45:00
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Embassy Vilnius
Cable title:
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MAINTAINING
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STATE FOR EUR/NB AND IO/T
STATE PASS TO HHS
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SUBJECT: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MAINTAINING
SMALLPOX REPOSITORIES
REF: A. SECSTATE 71569
¶B. VILNIUS 429
(SBU) The head of the Ministry of Health's International
Relations Section, Viktoras Meizis, told us on May 12 that
Lithuania supports the U.S. position on the need to maintain
the U.S. and Russian smallpox repositories. Meizis also said
that he will accompany Minister of Health Zilvinas Padaiga to
the World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva May 22-27.
KELLY