UPDATE ON LITHUANIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE

UNCLAS VILNIUS 000464 SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/UNP (SUN),EUR/PGI (ELDRIDGE) USUN (DUGAN) NSC (BROWN) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA LH SUBJECT: UPDATE ON LITHUANIAN UNGA ATTENDANCE REF: A. VILNIUS 404 ¶B. STATE 68590 ¶1. Responses keyed to Ref B, per instructions: ¶A. Attendance of the Head of State Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite, President Arrival date September 22, departure date afternoon or evening September 24. President Grybauskaite has no spouse. No interpreter would be needed. ¶B. Attendance of the Head of Government Mr. Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister, will not attend UNGA. ¶C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister Mr. Vygaudas Usackas, Minister of Foreign Affairs Arrival date September 21, departure date September 26. His spouse, Mrs. Loreta Usackiene-Bilkstyte, is not expected to travel with him. No interpreter would be needed. ¶D. Attendance of other VIPs Mr. Zygimantis Pavilionis, Ambassador-at-Large and Chief Coordinator for the Community of Democracies, of which Lithuania currently holds the presidency. Arrival and departure dates are uncertain, but he would be in New York September 24 for a Community of Democracies meeting. His spouse is not expected to travel with him. No interpreter would be needed. ¶E. Attendance of the Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO affairs Mr. Sarunas Adomavicius, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, will not attend UNGA. LEADER