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