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06VILNIUS450
2006-05-15 10:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Vilnius
Cable title:  

LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MAINTAINING

Tags:  PREL AORC TBIO LH 
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VZCZCXRO4541
RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ
DE RUEHVL #0450 1351045
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151045Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY VILNIUS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0159
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0081
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC
UNCLAS VILNIUS 000450

SIPDIS

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STATE FOR EUR/NB AND IO/T
STATE PASS TO HHS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL AORC TBIO LH
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