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04BRUSSELS5159EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU
[...] (C) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy, a process that began following what many Member States viewed as Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's pandering to Russian President Putin at the 2003 summit. [...]
2004-12-07 16:39:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04VILNIUS1065AMERICAN RABBI CONTENDS LITHUANIAN PROPERTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Escalating discord within Lithuania's Jewish community has surpassed the bounds of a religious dispute and threatens to become a fight over community property. At the center of the dispute is Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, an American citizen, who publicly contends that Jewish commu [...]
2004-09-02 14:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI CASC LH
04VILNIUS1117LITHUANIAN MINISTRIES WORKING ON EUROCONTROL FEE
[...] (U) We have approached the MFA at various levels to seek an exemption of U.S. military and other U.S. state aircraft from air navigation, overflight, and terminal navigation fees. MFA Undersecretary Sarunas Adomavicius promised the Ambassador on August 31 to look into the matter, and others w [...]
2004-09-14 14:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS EAIR KREC LH
04VILNIUS1190LITHUANIA FIRMLY OPPOSED TO LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A points concerning the European Union China arms embargo to Zygimantas Pavilionis, MFA Political Director and Director of the EU Department, on September 29. The Charge highlighted the key reasons for the maintaining the embargo and high level of concern for this [...]
2004-09-30 12:20:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LH
04VILNIUS1194LITHUANIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding support for Turkey's EU membership and provided non-paper on Turkey's progress on Copenhagen criteria to the MFA's Jurgita Apanaviciute on September 27. Apanaviciute, who is responsible for enlargement issues within the MFA's European Union Department, [...]
2004-09-30 12:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN EU TU LH
04VILNIUS1196LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES REVISED INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary. The Lithuanian parliament September 29 approved a bill raising the ceiling on the number of troops deployable in international operations and extending authorization of current missions through December 31, 2005. The bill mandates that Lithuania deploy an all-volunteer force and [...]
2004-09-30 13:49:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1237 THE VIEW FROM ALYTUS: THE BLOOM IS OFF THE LABOR
[...] SUMMARY. Less than a week before Lithuania's parliamentary election, few in Alytus doubt that the Labor Party will taste electoral success. However, a growing number question the Labor Party's populist promises and will support Lithuania's more tested traditional parties. End Summary. Aly [...]
2004-10-08 10:37:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LH
04VILNIUS1239LITHUANIAN CHEESE CAPITAL NODS LEFT, BUT WITH
[...] SUMMARY: Rokiskis is a town of approximately 16,000 located in northeastern Lithuania and the capital of a productive agricultural region famous for the cheese brand that bears its name. The director of the cheese factory, sharing the spotlight with the visiting Prime Minister, was the local [...]
2004-10-08 10:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI LH
04VILNIUS1243People in the Provincial Town will Vote for Change
[...] Voters in the small town of Rietavas, in western Lithuania, see themselves as microcosm for the nation (if a bit more agricultural) and believe their vote in the upcoming election will mirror the country's vote as a whole. In Rietavas, it appears that the Labor Party will win big. End summar [...]
2004-10-08 12:54:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LH
04VILNIUS1245LITHUANIAN PRE-ELECTION WATCH: A SMALL TOWN LEANS
[...] Summary. An incumbent from the ruling Social Democrats is paradoxically running on an anti-establishment platform and is likely to win re-election in the town of Anyksciai, 62 miles west of Vilnius. Residents are concerned with job security, the lack of youth employment options, and rising h [...]
2004-10-08 13:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LH
04VILNIUS1261LABOR PARTY WINS ROUND ONE OF LITHUANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Labor Party took the greatest number of votes in the October 10 first round of parliamentary elections, but failed to win enough seats to form a government or even ensure their leadership when all the votes are in. The coalition of ruling parties finished second, in l [...]
2004-10-12 14:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1292LITHUANIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings we facilitated between American Jewish Committee official Andrew Baker and key Lithuanian political leaders October 13-17 resulted in a reaffirmed commitment to restitute communal Jewish property. On the eve of round two of parliamentary elections, President Valdas Adamk [...]
2004-10-19 11:55:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNAR PHUM LH
04VILNIUS1315LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT SPLIT ON REACTOR CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas announced on October 21 that the GOL would ask the EU permission to postpone the decommissioning of the first of the two Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant units. Brazauskas said regional energy supply security justified the delay. President Valdas Adamkus, [...]
2004-10-22 12:59:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL LH
04VILNIUS1323LABOR LEADS LITHUANIAN ELECTIONS; BRAZAUSKAS WILL
[...] (C) Summary. Victor Uspaskich's Labor Party won a plurality in the final round of Lithuanian parliamentary elections, October 24, but failed to guarantee its place in a ruling coalition. Over the next few weeks, President Valdas Adamkus must invite the leader of the winning party or coalitio [...]
2004-10-25 15:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1350LITHUANIA: RUSSIAN TEAM COMPLETES UNEVENTFUL VDOC
[...] (C) Summary. A team from the Russian Federation conducted a Vienna Document inspection of Lithuanian military facilities on October 27-28. The inspection covered army and air force facilities in Kaunas, Panevezys, and Siauliai, including NATO's Baltic air policing assets at the Zokniai airfi [...]
2004-10-29 10:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1352THE END OF THE RAINBOW: COALITION TALKS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party suspended formal talks with the Brazauskas-Paulauskas coalition on October 28, following major disagreement over the constitution of a so-called "rainbow coalition." Immediately following the collapse of talks, the Brazauskas-Paulauskas coalition formally a [...]
2004-10-29 13:29:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1353LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...]
2004-10-29 14:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1369AMBASSADOR IN SIAULIAI STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador traveled to Lithuania's northern city of Siauliai October 20-21 to conveying a message of admiration for Lithuania's rapid democratic and economic growth and appreciation for its activist foreign policy and contributions to the NATO alliance. In a town often identified wi [...]
2004-11-05 12:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
04VILNIUS1380LITHUANIA'S 2005 DRAFT BUDGET SHORTS MOD
[...] (C) Summary. The draft 2005 GOL budget before the Parliament fulfills Lithuania's NATO commitment to allocate two percent of GDP to defense spending, but falls far short of providing that two percent to the military. The budget increases the share of defense money that will go to other Minis [...]
2004-11-08 12:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL MCAP PINR PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1401LITHUANIA RUSHES TO RATIFY EU CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania became the first member state to ratify the EU Constitution on November 11 when the government rushed through a vote on the treaty on one of the Parliament's last days in session. The GOL had previously decided not to hold a national referendum on the Constitution. Opp [...]
2004-11-12 15:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1402AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAAR FOR LITHUANIA'S MUSLIM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull celebrated Ramadan on November 5 with 20 leading figures from Lithuania's Muslim community, hosting an Iftaar dinner. The Ambassador highlighted the importance of diversity and tolerance during the event, and Lithuania's chief Islamic religious figure praised the [...]
2004-11-12 15:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALSCUL PHUM LH
04VILNIUS1403LITHUANIAN POLICE SEIZE NINE MILLION COUNTERFEIT
[...] Summary. The Lithuanian Police achieved a major victory in the fight against counterfeiting November 6, arresting thirteen people and seizing over nine million counterfeit Euros. The Police believe that the group has been printing Euros for several years. The Police also found printing plat [...]
2004-11-15 05:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL EFIN LH
04VILNIUS1411LITHUANIAN DEFMIN CRITICIZES NATO MEMBERS'
[...] (U) Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius, in an interview with the Baltic News Service on November 15, criticized the decision by ten NATO allies not to send instructors to the armed forces training mission in Iraq. Linkevicius remarked that he did not believe this decision, although [...]
2004-11-16 13:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1437LITHUANIA CONDEMNS FRAUDULENT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS;
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian government and parliamentary officials strongly condemned reports of fraud in Ukraine's second round of presidential elections. Fully supporting the EU statement on the elections, they noted that Ukraine has apparently been deprived of an opportunity to demonstrate its [...]
2004-11-24 13:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XH LH
04VILNIUS1442FORMER AMBASSADOR'S CSIS PAPER CAUSES A
[...] (SBU) Top TV journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis resigned over an incident in which he reported that a "secret" U.S. document warned of the dangers of Russian influence over Lithuanian politicians such as Russian-born Labor Party Leader Viktor Uspaskich. The document turned out to be written by f [...]
2004-11-26 09:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PREL LH RS
04VILNIUS1445LITHUANIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISION FOR NEW TERM
[...] (SBU) The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) re-elected Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas November 25. In a speech to the Seimas November 24, Brazauskas outlined a broad vision for his new term. He promised to utilize EU funds to promote development in priority areas, such as the use, and expor [...]
2004-11-26 14:01:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1447AIDS IN LITHUANIA
[...] As it prepares to celebrate World AIDS Day, Lithuania's incidence of HIV/AIDS is the lowest in Central and Eastern Europe. The GOL is working to keep it that way, despite pressures of rapid social change. Lithuania has a National HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, but poorly monitors its implemen [...]
2004-11-29 06:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KHIV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1449ADAMKUS JOINS UKRAINE MEDIATION EFFORT
[...] (U) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus traveled to Kiev November 26 to join Polish President Kwasniewski's mediation efforts as domestic political pressure for Lithuanian engagement continued to mount. Though the scope and direction of Adamkus's involvement remain unclear, his strong democr [...]
2004-11-29 07:01:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UK LH
04VILNIUS1450LITHUANIA DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE; TO
[...] (U) The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its support for their democratic objectives. In a vote of 123 to 1, with 3 abstentions, the 141-seat Seimas resolved to support the decision of Ukraine's Supreme Rada to evaluate the results of the [...]
2004-11-29 16:10:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP LH
04VILNIUS1454UKRAINE: RUSSIANS REPORTEDLY BLAME U.S. FOR
[...] (C) Adamkus expects to return to Ukraine with Kwasniewski and Solana before December 3 to continue mediation efforts, according to a senior adviser. Kwasniewski predicted privately to Adamkus November 30 that Ukraine would likely turn into "another Georgia" within a few days. A November 26 [...]
2004-11-30 13:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK LH
04VILNIUS1455LITHUANIAN PM PRESENTS CABINET LIST TO A SKEPTICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus on November 29 appointed Algirdas Brazauskas the new Prime Minister of Lithuania. Brazauskas, in turn, presented the President with his list of ministerial candidates, which includes Labor Party boss Viktor Uspaskich and Peasant Party leader Kazimiera Pru [...]
2004-11-30 14:18:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
04VILNIUS1477 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] Post warmly welcomes Ambassador Michael Kozak and is pleased to grant country clearance for the period of December 3-6, 2004 to attend the "Advancing Europe Whole and Free: Challenges and Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation" conference. 2. Embassy point of contact for your visit is [...]
2004-12-03 07:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT PGOV PHUM KDEM LI LH
04VILNIUS1488LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E-PINE PAPER ON BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-07 12:34:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL KNEI LH
04VILNIUS1489ADAMKUS REPORTS INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION MISSION
[...] (C) Adamkus is satisfied with the outcome of the contentious international mediation session in Kiev December 6-7. He predicts that December 26 elections will occur on schedule, but admits that key uncertainties remain. A return of the international mediators to Kiev appears unlikely for no [...]
2004-12-07 13:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XH LH
04VILNIUS1492LITHUANIA: DEFMIN NOMINEE PLEDGES TO STAY COURSE
[...] (C) Summary. President Valdas Adamkus on December 7 nominated Gediminas Kirkilas, a leader of the Social Democrat Party and former Chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, to become Minster of Defense in Lithuania's new government. Kirkilas, who will replace fellow Social Democrat [...]
2004-12-08 11:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1496LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT FORCES CABINET SHAKE-UP
[...] (C) Summary: President Valdas Adamkus scored a major political victory on December 7, forcing the ruling coalition of PM Algirdas Brazauskas to replace two Cabinet candidates. Viktoras Muntianas and Rimantas Vaitkus are now out of the line-up, and, if cleared by investigative services, Labor P [...]
2004-12-08 13:34:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1497SUCCESS STORY: AT&T AND LITHUANIAN TELECOM
[...] Summary. AT&T and Lietuvos Telekomas, Lithuania's largest fixed-line telecommunications service provider, concluded a new mobile call termination agreement, settling a dispute over rates in Lithuania. Telekomas had threatened to block all AT&T incoming traffic if the two failed to arrive at [...]
2004-12-08 13:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD BEXP LH
04VILNIUS1499CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]
2004-12-09 09:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1505LITHUANIA TO PROCEED WITH REACTOR CLOSEOUT
[...] (C) A GOL resolution on November 24 confirmed that one of two Chernobyl-type Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) reactors will close as expected on December 31. The resolution follows GOL-EU consultations in Brussels at which EU experts advised Lithuania to honor its EU accession commitments. [...]
2004-12-09 14:33:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL LH
04VILNIUS1512CODEL HASTINGS PRAISES LITHUANIAN EFFORTS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings, attending a GOL-sponsored conference on the promotion of democracy in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and the South Caucasus, met with President Adamkus and parliamentary (Seimas) and GOL foreign policy experts on December 3 to discuss the current Ukrainian [...]
2004-12-13 04:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UK BO LH
04VILNIUS1519LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU ACTION PLAN ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-16 12:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNEI LH
04VILNIUS1520LITHUANIA TO WORK THROUGH EU ON ANY IRAQ
[...] (C) Acting AS for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Kozak on December 3 discussed with Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis the possibility of Lithuania's participation in an Iraqi election observer mission. Ambassador Kozak, in Vilnius for a GOL-sponsored conference on supporting democr [...]
2004-12-16 12:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1521MAZEIKIU NAFTA MANAGER EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER
[...] (C) Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) General Manager Nelson English told the Ambassador that the Russian-owned Lukoil company is waiting in the wings to acquire the MN oil refinery in the aftermath of Yukos's "impending and almost certain collapse." According to Amcit English, Moscow is already trying to [...]
2004-12-16 13:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG LH RS
04VILNIUS1522EU MEMBERSHIP SPURS LITHUANIAN LABOR FLIGHT
[...] SUMMARY: Young Lithuanians have left their homeland en masse since the May 1 accession to the EU in search of employment abroad. The exact number leaving remains unclear, although as much as a quarter of the country's working-age population may leave by the end of the year. Some sectors have [...]
2004-12-16 13:16:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SMIG PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1523LITHUANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE WITH BROAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 13th Government of Lithuania took power on December 14, when Parliament approved the Cabinet and program of Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. Negotiations over two Ministerial posts proved difficult, with the President forcing substitute nominees and ultimately accepting as [...]
2004-12-16 13:26:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1526IMF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PROLONG THE
[...] An IMF delegation, concluding an Article IV Consultation mission to Lithuania December 10, praised Lithuania's impressive structural improvements and the country's complete transition to a market economy. The IMF delivered an overall positive assessment of the country's economic prospects fo [...]
2004-12-17 13:37:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON LH
04VILNIUS1532FY2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE FOR VILNIUS
[...] Post submits the following consular package narrative keyed to reftel. Management A) Consular Section Chief: Ruta D. Elvikis (Consul),ETD: July 2005, Direct Office Telephone Number: 370- 5-266-5591, E-mail: ElvikisRD@state.gov; Deputy Consular Section Chief: Gregory L. Bernsteen (Vic [...]
2004-12-20 10:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC CPAS KFRD ASIG AFSI LH
04VILNIUS1546NEW LITHUANIAN DEFMIN COMMITS TO CONTINUED SUPPORT
[...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. New Lithuanian Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador that Lithuania would remain engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq during a December 21 tour d'horizon of our bilateral military-military re [...]
2004-12-22 12:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS LH
04VILNIUS1548New Minister of Interior Furmanavicius Promises
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Mull met with newly appointed Minister of Interior Ginteras Furmanavicius on December 21, 2004. Furmanavicius thanked the Ambassador for past U.S. efforts to train the Ministry's experts in border security and law enforcement. He stated his commitment to maintaining [...]
2004-12-22 15:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CMGT ASEC LH
04VILNIUS1556BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...]
2004-12-23 10:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS LH
04VILNIUS1566LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]
2004-12-27 14:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04VILNIUS1568 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES STATE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Vilnius convened a meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Lithuania on December 9. Representatives from the French, German, Canadian, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, British, and Russian Embassies, as well as EU and UN representatives, compared notes on co [...]
2004-12-28 10:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL LH
04VILNIUS1577LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU-IMIE COOPERATION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 12:10:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPROP PREL PHUM IZ LH
04VILNIUS15782004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] In 2004, Lithuania strengthened its counter-narcotics efforts, rolling out a National Drug Addiction Prevention and Drug Control Strategy for 2004-2008. The use and sale of narcotics, however, continues to increase in Lithuania. Lithuania remains a transit route for heroin from Asia to West [...]
2004-12-30 13:55:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KSEP LH
04VILNIUS395LITHUANIA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN THE CD INITIATIVE
[...] (U) WE DELIVERED TO LAURYNAS JONUSAUKAS, FIRST SECRETARY OF MFA'S AMERICA'S DIVISION, ON APRIL 7, 2004, REFTEL POINTS AND A COPY OF CHILEAN AMBASSADOR BIANCHI'S LETTER ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY'S INITIATIVE IN EAST TIMOR. JONUSAUKAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE INITIATIVE, AND SAID THAT T [...]
2004-04-09 06:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL PHUM LH
05VILNIUS1002APPLICABILITY OF AGREEMENT TO PROTECT CULTURAL
[...] This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) International and American Jewish groups have expressed concerns regarding two construction projects on or near a large Jewish cemetery not far from the center of Vilnius. One is a multi-use buildin [...]
2005-09-22 08:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA LH
05VILNIUS1004EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR DARIUS RAMANAUSKAS
[...] This cable addresses reftel request for information regarding the extradition of Lithuanian citizen Darius Ramanauskas on narcotics charges. Post assesses the likelihood that Lithuanian authorities might use torture to extract testimony from Ramanauskas as highly doubtful, especially given th [...]
2005-09-22 09:55:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM SNAR LH
05VILNIUS1007ADAMKUS UPSET ABOUT CONOCOPHILLIPS-LUKOIL BID ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) and Lukoil's plan to submit a joint bid to buy a controlling share of Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) has met with strong expressions of concern from some elements of the GOL, including President Adamkus. Representatives of the two firms visited Vilnius September 19 to pi [...]
2005-09-23 10:04:00Embassy VilniusSECRETEINV ECON PREL PGOV ENRG LH
05VILNIUS101AMBASSADOR PROMOTES U.S.-LITHUANIA RELATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to the provincial city of Mazeikiai, home to the Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery, January 19-20 to convey a message of close U.S.-Lithuanian ties. He also focused on efforts to combat corruption, intolerance, HIV/AIDS, and trafficking-in-persons. Mazeikiu Na [...]
2005-01-28 13:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG OVIP ELAB PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1012SU-27 CRASH: LITHUANIA TAKING DECISIONS ON BLACK
[...] (C) Summary. The GOL accepted Ukraine's offer of assistance in analyzing data on the black boxes recovered from the Russian Su-27. The Government softened its rhetoric against Russia today, stating that there is no evidence to prove the Russian aircraft willfully violated Lithuanian airspace [...]
2005-09-23 16:28:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMOPS PGOV PINS PREL LH RS UP
05VILNIUS1013SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE NEAR OR IN [...]
2005-09-23 16:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS1017UPDATE ON SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) The GOL's leadership continued to take a softer line on September 26 on the crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania on September 15 (ref A). A senior briefer stated today that the GOL has "no evidence" that Russia intentionally violated Lithuanian airspace. Work on decoding the black boxes [...]
2005-09-26 15:18:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH
05VILNIUS1022LITHUANIA'S DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Overall drug use and addiction rates in Lithuania are low, and policymakers are debating how to keep them that way. To encourage that discussion, Embassy Vilnius hosted a half-day conference on USG policy regarding drug prevention and treatment for over 60 influential decision-makers fro [...]
2005-09-27 13:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR LH
05VILNIUS1023CHINA,S RELATIONSHIP WITH LITHUANIA: FORM OVER
[...] (C) China's diplomatic and economic profile in Lithuania is growing. There are more visits by official Chinese, an expanding diplomatic presence, and a burgeoning commercial relationship. GOL officials have told us that they see clear signs of greater Chinese interest in Lithuania. Increas [...]
2005-09-27 13:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL CH LH
05VILNIUS1029LITHUANIA: EXTREMISM IS CONTAINED, BUT INTOLERANCE
[...] SUMMARY. (U) Manifestations of extremism in Lithuania are infrequent, mostly localized, and rarely virulent. Extremists exist, but their political clout here is minute. Expressions of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, are more common than acts of violence or vandalism, although infrequent [...]
2005-09-28 13:59:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LH
05VILNIUS103PRT ROADMAP: FROM LITHUANIA TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. In order to build upon our diplomatic success securing Lithuanian leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, the USG should now move quickly to formalize plans to provide tangible deliverables to the GOL. Lithuania is urgently seeking Washington commitm [...]
2005-01-28 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS104LITHUANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER HINTS AT RUSSIAN HAND
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Valionis told Ambassador Mull January 27 he suspects Russian special services are behind recent public charges that he and State Security Department (VSD) chief Pocius had obscured past KGB links. Valionis, citing reports of Russian unhappiness over his recent role in th [...]
2005-01-28 14:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS1046SU-27 UPDATE: INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS, PILOT REMAINS
[...] (C) Summary: GOL defense leadership told the Ambassador September 30 that the black box data supports the conclusion that the September 15 intrusion of a Russian Su-27 into Lithuanian airspace and subsequent crash was accidental. GOL leaders publicly and privately express frustration at the [...]
2005-09-30 15:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH
05VILNIUS1049TERRORIST FINANCING: LITHUANIA ACCEPTS EU COURT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Acting Head of the MFA's Threat Analysis Division told us on September 28 that Lithuania continues to support dialogue to ensure effective sanctions against terrorist financing. Stonys said that the GOL is pleased that the European Court of First Instance (ECI) decided the [...]
2005-10-03 14:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER LH
05VILNIUS1050GOL WILL PRESS UKRAINE ON NATO MUNITIONS PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 14:59:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS UP LH
05VILNIUS1057SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] Congressman Kolbe, thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror, including its decision to establish and lead a Provincial Re [...]
2005-10-04 07:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
05VILNIUS1062GOL SUPPORTS DESIGNATING LTTE AS TERRORIST GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 05:20:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO LH
05VILNIUS1070SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION ENDS, PILOT SET TO
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's Prosecutor General on October 6 closed the investigation of Russian pilot Valery Troyanov's involvement in the September 15 crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania (ref A) and lifted his house arrest. Press reports indicate that Troyanov and his wife plan to depart Lithuania [...]
2005-10-06 16:22:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS1075TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER FOR
[...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) for Embassy Vilnius is DCM Tom Kelly, tel: 370-5-266-5535, e-mail: kellytp@state.gov. The TFCO Deputy is Scott Woodard, Economic Officer, tel: 370-5-266-5500, e-mail: woodards@state.gov. 2. (U) We believe it would be useful and conv [...]
2005-10-07 15:01:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL LH
05VILNIUS1076LITHUANIA TRIES TO EXPLAIN AWAY
[...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Valionis accepted U.S. and EU Presidency criticism of recent Lithuanian machinations regarding Belarus October 7. His top policy deputy acknowledged that Lithuania was "damaged" by the meeting earlier this week between the Lithuanian and Belarusian [...]
2005-10-07 15:20:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV BO LH
05VILNIUS1093CODEL KOLBE AND BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The congressional delegation led by Congressman Jim Kolbe expressed unwavering commitment to a diverse group of Belarusian opposition leaders and pledged its continued support for democratic change in Belarus. Two U.S. NGOs, the International Republican Institute and the Nation [...]
2005-10-12 14:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BO LH
05VILNIUS1100LITHUANIA'S NEWEST IMMIGRANTS
[...] SUMMARY: Immigration to Lithuania is increasing, with foreign workers filling gaps in the local economy as Lithuanians continue to emigrate in large numbers. Countries of the former Soviet Union, notably Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, are the primary source of Lithuania's immigrants. With some [...]
2005-10-14 11:27:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG ELAB ECON PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1103CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Jim Kolbe led a six-Member congressional delegation to Vilnius October 10-12. The delegation discussed democracy-building initiatives in the region, reviewed U.S. bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance programs, and Lithuania's relationship with Russia wi [...]
2005-10-14 14:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG LH
05VILNIUS1121YOUR VISIT TO LITHUANIA
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, you will arrive in Lithuania this weekend with our relations with this small but steadfast ally at their best level yet. Lithuania supports and participates in every major U.S. foreign policy initiative. Its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan, Afghanistan -- whi [...]
2005-10-19 14:46:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
05VILNIUS1136GOL CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AID TO PAKISTAN VIA NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 15:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL LH
05VILNIUS1153(S) MTAG 03-03: GOL CONFIRMS END-USE OF MACEDONIAN
[...] (S) Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Division, informed us that the GOL's interagency import control board approved the application of the Kaunas-based British company Jurby Watertech to import a "MAW 20 MS3" filament winding machine (ref A). [...]
2005-10-27 13:48:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MK LH
05VILNIUS1155LITHUANIA CONGRATULATES IRAQ FOR CONSTITUTION
[...] The GOL, October 27, issued a press release congratulating the Iraqi people on the adoption of their new constitution. Text of statement follows. 2. Begin text. CONGRATULATIONS ON IRAQI CONSTITUTION ADOPTION BY REFERENDUM. Lithuania congratulates Iraqi people on adoption of the first C [...]
2005-10-27 15:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV LH IZ
05VILNIUS1156GOL CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ABOUT
[...] (U) The Baltic News Service agency reported October 27 that an MFA spokesperson made the following statement in response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments regarding Israel. 2. (U) Begin text of statement. Lithuania condemns the exhortations by Iran's President Mahmoud [...]
2005-10-27 15:26:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR IS LH
05VILNIUS1161GOL SUPPORTS USG POLICY ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOL is refocusing its efforts to promote democracy in Belarus after fielding criticism from the USG and EU for overstepping the bounds of the agreed non-engagement policy. GOL foreign policy decision-makers admit that the Prime Minister's October 4 meeting with Belarusian PM [...]
2005-10-29 07:40:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
05VILNIUS1166EAC FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA PLANNING
[...] Vilnius EAC convened October 25 to discuss preparedness for Avian Flu contingencies and decided to take the following safety measures: A. Post will procure small amounts of Tamiflu for contingencies until Department orders of the same arrive at Post. B. Post will procure hand sanitiz [...]
2005-11-02 05:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT ASEC LH
05VILNIUS1186CONOCOPHILLIPS SET TO REQUEST USG ADVOCACY ON BID
[...] This cable contains confidential proprietary business information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO James Mulva told the Ambassador October 27 that CP will likely bid with the Russian oil giant Lukoil on a controlling share of Lithuania's Mazeikiu [...]
2005-11-04 05:36:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EINV PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1188GOL CONTRIBUTING TO NATO MISSION IN PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Summary: The GOL is heeding NATO's call for contributions to its relief effort in Pakistan by sending water purifications specialists and equipment to the affected region under the Alliance's umbrella. This comes on top of the GOL's previous financial (104,000 USD) and material (tents an [...]
2005-11-04 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL PK LH
05VILNIUS1190LITHUANIA'S PM FACES CHALLENGE TO HIS INTEGRITY
[...] (C) Allegations that Prime Minister Brazauskas's wife benefited from a sweetheart deal with Russian oil giant Lukoil are prompting new strains in Lithuania's ruling coalition. Coalition leaders reined in an anti-Brazauskas movement November 2, but confrontation is brewing with the opposition [...]
2005-11-04 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1191LITHUANIA CONSIDERING PROPOSED MESSAGE ON BELARUS
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Tomas Gulbinas, head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, November 2. Gulbinas said that he did not have an immediate response to our proposal, but would pass our points to the GOL's EU mission and to the Belarus desk. He commented that [...]
2005-11-04 14:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV BO LH
05VILNIUS1198A SETBACK FOR LITHUANIA'S PM, A BOOST FOR USPASKICH
[...] (C) The Parliament narrowly voted November 8 to begin investigation of Prime Minister Brazauskas and his family's business interests, despite ostensible ruling coalition support for defeating the measure. An opposition solidly united behind the Conservatives and the refusal of several coaliti [...]
2005-11-09 16:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS120LITHUANIA CONGRATULATES IRAQ ON SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A points regarding Iraq's elections to Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department on January 31. The GOL did not release any statements before the elections (reftel B),but Jankauskas was preparing a post-election declaration for Foreign Mini [...]
2005-02-03 10:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS LH
05VILNIUS1202VILNIUS UNATTENDED OPERATIONS WAIVER REQUEST
[...] (S) Post requests a temporary waiver to begin 24-hour unattended operations for classified communications. Post needs to have all message traffic available at the beginning of the business day in order to operate efficiently in response to Washington taskings. We cannot do that now without i [...]
2005-11-10 15:09:00Embassy VilniusSECRETAADP ABLD AMGT ACOA ASEC KRIM LH
05VILNIUS1203LITHUANIA WILL STICK CLOSE TO DENMARK IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 15:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL IZ DA LH
05VILNIUS1222GOL AGREES TO JEWISH COMMUNAL PROPERTY RESTITUTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL's Ministry of Justice and representatives of the Jewish community, with our prodding, have agreed on the substance and text of an amended law authorizing communal property restitution. The law will establish a payment schedule for monetary restitution to the local Jewis [...]
2005-11-18 15:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNAR SOCI PHUM LH
05VILNIUS1223LITHUANIAN DAILY ATTACKS OPEN SOCIETY FUND, CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) A weeklong, continuing series of articles in Lithuania's second leading daily "Respublika" has attacked several Western- oriented NGO leaders whose organizations have received funding from George Soros's Open Society Fund (OSF). The attacks impugn the intentions of the NGOs and tar weste [...]
2005-11-18 15:30:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KPAO KNAR LH
05VILNIUS1224CONOCOPHILLIPS BACK IN TOWN TO PURSUE INTEREST IN
[...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips (CP) President and CEO James Mulva, during a November 18 meeting with Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, reiterated CP's interest in buying the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery in an equal partnership with the Russian oil firm Lukoil. A PM spokeswoman told us that Mulva [...]
2005-11-18 15:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1226CONSULAR PUBLIC OUTREACH ON VISA WAIVER AND ACS
[...] SUMMARY: We take the Department's message about the relationship between active public diplomacy and good consular work (ref a) seriously in Vilnius. This post has an active consular public outreach program, with particular emphasis on public diplomacy aspects of Lithuania's Visa Waiver Roadm [...]
2005-11-21 14:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KPAO CASC LH
05VILNIUS1228AIR POLICING DECISION CASTS LONG SHADOW IN
[...] (C) Summary: Extending NATO's interim Baltic air policing program or making it permanent is one of the GOL's highest security policy objectives. The GOL will look for continuation of 24/7 Baltic coverage as the optimal outcome of NATO's review of its air policing policy, and for NATO to def [...]
2005-11-21 14:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH
05VILNIUS1238PM BRAZAUSKAS RIDING OUT POLITICAL TURBULENCE
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas quashed a parliamentary inquiry and continues to hold the ruling coalition together amidst investigations into his wife's business dealings. While two law enforcement institutions have launched investigations at President Adamkus's request, [...]
2005-11-23 11:46:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1240GOL SEEKS TO PLAY THE RUSSIAN CARD WITH LUKASHENKO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOL believes that a joint USG-EU mission to Belarus to deliver a strong message to the regime is doomed to fail if the Government of Russia does not also participate. The MFA argues that any trip to Minsk by a high-level USG official should include a stop in Moscow aimed at [...]
2005-11-23 15:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO RS LH
05VILNIUS1242LITHUANIA'S VISA WAIVER ROADMAP: COOPERATION AND
[...] This is an action request--see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. Post has held more than a dozen informal meetings on Visa Waiver Roadmap (VWR) issues since the last two formal Consular Working Group meetings in July (refs C and D). Post and the MFA have also made significant progress on joint VWR pub [...]
2005-11-25 13:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS KFRD CASC LH
05VILNIUS1243LITHUANIA WILLING TO RAISE NGO LAW WITH RUSSIA
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Russia's proposed new NGO law to Arunas Vinciunas, head of the MFA's Russia Division, on November 25. Vinciunas told us that the GOL shares our concerns regarding potential constraints on NGO activities. He noted that the GOL Ambassador in Moscow rece [...]
2005-11-25 13:52:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS1244DUTCH COURT FREES SHARES OF LITHUANIAN OIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dutch court lifted restrictions November 24 on Yukos-owned shares of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN). The decision appears to allow Yukos to proceed with the sale of its majority stake in MN. The larger legal battle over Yukos's holdings continues, however, and a [...]
2005-11-25 14:30:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1265ANTI-TIP INITIATIVES IN LITHUANIA
[...] Lithuanian law enforcement recently broke up two cross-border trafficking groups and announced the creation of a new department to increase international cooperation. Partly as a result of such increasingly frequent busts, media attention to TIP issues is growing. GOL representatives, NGOs, [...]
2005-12-01 15:38:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB PREF LH
05VILNIUS1266LITHUANIA INTERESTED IN USG-RUSSIA DIALOG
[...] (C) We conveyed ref A points regarding the December 2 USG-GOR bilateral to Arunas Vinciunas, head of the MFA's Russia Division, December 1. Vinciunas agreed that additional dialogue and confidence-building would be useful. He was particularly interested in learning whether the USG expected to [...]
2005-12-02 08:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS LH
05VILNIUS1271LITHUANIAN PROSECUTOR AGAIN CHALLENGES EDITOR'S
[...] (U) Lithuania's Prosecutor General has filed a final appeal of the court order to dismiss the case against the newspaper owner and editor Vitas Tomkus for distributing allegedly anti-Semitic and anti-homosexual articles two years ago. The new appeal argues that the court erred by considering [...]
2005-12-02 15:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI LH
05VILNIUS1272 LITHUANIA'S WORK AND TRAVEL PROGRAM
[...] Summary. Lithuania's Summer Work and Travel Program (SWT),one of the largest programs per capita in the world, sends 2,000 university students to more than 30 states each year. Concentrated primarily in service-oriented positions in tourist areas along the East Coast and Great Lakes, Lithu [...]
2005-12-05 06:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1275PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We have completed work on the first three months of a year-long, B1/B2 validation study. Two percent of our randomly selected applicants during this period did not return, while another one percent remain as suspected yet unconfirmed overstays. While this preliminary data does [...]
2005-12-05 11:30:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD LH
05VILNIUS1277GOL DEFENSE SPENDING ON THE RISE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is set to achieve a 15 percent increase in its defense budget in 2006 in absolute terms. The key benchmark of military spending as a percentage of GDP will rise from 1.27 in 2005 to 1.32. Defense officials and key members of parliament are aware that sustained increas [...]
2005-12-05 14:56:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS LH
05VILNIUS1278TWO U.S. AIRMEN FROM NATO MISSION DETAINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuanian police detained two U.S. servicemen following a dispute at a local Vilnius club on November 26. A Lithuanian and Somali citizen claim they were assaulted by the American parties, who deny the allegations and claim mistreatment themselves. The Lithuanian authorities ar [...]
2005-12-05 15:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS LH
05VILNIUS1284 LITHUANIA HAS NO AI-RELATED IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] The Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) told us that Lithuania has no AI-related ban on the import of U.S. poultry products. Lithuania does, however, maintain a ban on imports of U.S. poultry due to an ongoing dispute between the United States and EU over anti-microbial treatm [...]
2005-12-08 09:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR LH
05VILNIUS1287AMBASSADOR COUNTERS ATTACKS ON LITHUANIA'S NGO
[...] (C) Respublika Group media outlets and Lithuanian politicians continue to attack legitimate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a seemingly coordinated campaign that began November 8 (reftel). Ambassador Mull, responding publicly to an inquiry from the Labor Party, defended USG support f [...]
2005-12-08 13:53:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPGOV ECON KPAO KNAR LH
05VILNIUS1288LITHUANIA: 2005 INSCR NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 11:37:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL LH
05VILNIUS1291LITHUANIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET FALLS SHORT OF
[...] (U) Lithuania's parliament approved a defense budget for 2006 on December 8 that falls short of the Lithuanian armed forces' hopes -- and of the GOL's commitment to NATO. Despite an 11 percent increase in absolute terms over last year's appropriation, defense spending will remain at 1.27 perc [...]
2005-12-09 16:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS LH
05VILNIUS1292LITHUANIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] General assessment: No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Lithuania during 2005. Lithuania is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, and has not otherwise been determined by the Secretary of State to be subject to the Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. [...]
2005-12-12 06:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS13LITHUANIA REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN PRT
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is seriously considering leading a Provincial Reconstruction Team mission in Afghanistan. The MFA will brief the Foreign Minister and Defense Minister on the issue on January 6. Following the return of a GOL fact-finding team from Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif on January 1 [...]
2005-01-05 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS1304LITHUANIA TO DISCUSS FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Parliamentary Speaker Arturas Paulauskas called on Lithuania's National Defense Council December 12 to develop a long-term strategy for involvement in Iraq and other foreign military missions. Government officials recognize the unfortunate timing of Paulauskas's proposal, coming [...]
2005-12-14 13:30:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS1305NGO CONCERNS -- NOT JUST IN RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding Russia's proposed new NGO law to Arunas Vinciunas, head of the MFA's Russia desk on December 13. He told us that the GOL continues to share our concerns regarding potential constraints on NGO activities. According to Vinciunas, however, the Nordic a [...]
2005-12-14 15:58:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS1312FIRST LITHUANIAN EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES
[...] On December 8, 2005, Anjei Iantsevitch became the first Lithuanian extradited to the United States. He was arrested in on November 8 2005 at his home in Vilnius. 2. Iantsevitch is the subject of a criminal indictment of the Northern District of New York on counterfeit securities charges. [...]
2005-12-15 16:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CJAN KCRM LH
05VILNIUS1323LITHUANIA UNFAZED BY U.S. DRAWDOWN; PLANS TO SEND
[...] (SBU) We delivered ref A and B points regarding the upcoming January Afghanistan Compact in London and the proposed troop drawdown in Afghanistan to Vytautas Leskevicius, head of the MFA's NATO division, on December 21. We also delivered ref B points December 20 to Alvydas Kunigelis, Acting D [...]
2005-12-21 15:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF LH
05VILNIUS1328LITHUANIA: REINVIGORATING PD CULTURAL AND SPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 15:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL LH
05VILNIUS1341TERRORIST FINANCE: LITHUANIA RECEIVES LET
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-23 12:25:00Embassy VilniusSECRETKTFN EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER LH
05VILNIUS1345 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER
[...] Post warmly welcomes CODEL Sensenbrenner and is pleased to grant country clearance for the period of January 10-12, 2006 for the purpose of high-level discussions regarding visa policy in Lithuania. 2. Ambassador Mull will greet the CODEL on its arrival at the airport. The Embassy's poin [...]
2005-12-28 14:51:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT OREP ASEC AFIN FR NL PL RS LH
05VILNIUS1346GOL REQUESTS USG INPUT ON HELICOPTER TRAINING FOR
[...] (U) This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington by OOB January 5. 2. (C) Summary: The GOL is currently considering approval of a contract for a Lithuanian firm to broker a deal for its Russian partner to provide training to Iranian helicopter pilots. T [...]
2005-12-29 14:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC MCAP IR RS LH
05VILNIUS1347Avian Influenza: Lithuania tripwires and contingency
[...] Embassy Vilnius has reviewed the preparedness steps and tripwire guidance in ref A. As requested, we have developed our own readiness measures against avian influenza, including tripwires for possible drawdown requests and shelter-in-place plans. 2. Per paragraph 6 of ref A, Post has atte [...]
2005-12-30 06:33:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED AEMR LH
05VILNIUS1352NO SIGNS OF PROLIFERATION RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We discussed Achema's purchase of the fertilizer production equipment described in reftels with company representatives, and are reassured by what they told us. Achema plans to relocate 90-95 percent of the purchased equipment from Cyprus to its production facility in Lithuania [...]
2005-12-30 14:03:00Embassy VilniusSECRETETTC LH MARR MCAP PREL LT IR CY
05VILNIUS1354GOL READJUSTING IN IRAQ BASED ON SAME RATIONALE AS
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points on USG troop readjustments in Iraq to Ministry of Defense Undersecretary Renatas Norkus on December 28 and Vytautas Leskevicius, of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on December 29. Both officials said that the GOL's decision not to replace the detachment of [...]
2005-12-30 14:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL LH
05VILNIUS138Minister of Environment Setting New Priorities in
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Mull met with Minister of Environment Arunas Kundrotas on February 8 as part of his tour of the GoL's new cabinet (refs A and previous). The Ambassador recalled the extensive bilateral environmental protection cooperation that has taken place, noted ongoing cooperation in are [...]
2005-02-10 11:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV ECON EPET TBIO TSPL LH RS
05VILNIUS139A/S HARTY'S MEETING WITH GOL CONSULAR OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Maura Harty met with Lithuanian Vice Foreign Minister Zenonas Petrauskas and Consular Department Director Vaidotas Verba on February 2, 2005. The MFA demonstrated its plans for biometric identity documents and suggested a potential soluti [...]
2005-02-10 11:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC PREL CVIS CMGT ASEC LH
05VILNIUS144LITHUANIA'S FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES GOL ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Algirdas Butkevicius, meeting with Ambassador Mull on February 9, delivered an optimistic prognosis for Lithuania's continued strong economic growth. While stressing that some politically difficult questions still lie ahead, Butkevicius discussed several areas [...]
2005-02-11 14:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAFIN ECON EFIN LH PGOV PREL
05VILNIUS152LITHUANIA TO REITERATE CALL FOR NATO FLEXIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania, probably through President Valdas Adamkus, will utilize the February 22 NATO-Ukraine Council Summit to reiterate its call for NATO to respond positively to the new political reality in Ukraine, to elevate the NATO-Ukraine partnership to a new level, and to urge the All [...]
2005-02-15 16:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS153FRENCH FM IN VILNIUS: OPTIMISTIC FOR IMPROVED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, in Vilnius for consultations with Lithuania's political leadership two days after his meeting in Paris with Secretary Rice, spoke warmly of the Secretary's visit to Europe and publicly expressed optimism about the future of transatlantic rel [...]
2005-02-15 16:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR LH
05VILNIUS155SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES VISITS
[...] Summary. Ambassador Edward O'Donnell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, discussed property restitution, Holocaust education, and anti-Semitism with GOL officials and Jewish community leaders during a January 31-February 2 visit to Vilnius. Ambassador O'Donnell commended the level of Holoca [...]
2005-02-17 09:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KNAR SOCI PHUM OVIP LH
05VILNIUS162VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: LITHUANIA PREFERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, Charge discussed with MFA representatives Lithuania's progress in conforming to Visa Waiver Program (VWP) regulations as part of a "roadmap" initiative (ref A). He cautioned that accession to VWP would likely not occur in the immediate future. GOL representativ [...]
2005-02-22 09:38:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL LH
05VILNIUS165LITHUANIA: YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] Lithuania is making progress against intellectual property rights (IPR),but it should remain on the Watch List for 2005 due to persistent weaknesses in its enforcement system. A local industry association estimates that the rate of piracy for recorded music, films, and games dropped to 40 p [...]
2005-02-22 12:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR ETRD LH
05VILNIUS174LITHUANIA-RUSSIA COMMISSION DISCUSS TARIFFS, DEBT,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-23 14:55:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS175LITHUANIA TO HOST MARCH EU MEETING ON BELARUS
[...] (U) Mindaugas Kacerauskas, head of MFA's Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Division told us February 22 that Lithuania will host the March 17-18 EU Commission meeting on Belarus. The event sponsors, Lithuania's MFA and the EU Commission's Directorate of External Relations, plan to bring together g [...]
2005-02-24 06:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS18LITHUANIA TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 08:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV LH
05VILNIUS182LITHUANIA 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a country of origin, transit, and destination for international trafficking in women. Although the exact extent and magnitude of trafficking in persons (TIP) in Lithuania is unknown, Europol estimates that over 1,200 Lithuanian women are victims of human trafficki [...]
2005-02-25 13:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
05VILNIUS198LITHUANIA SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR CHAGCHARAN PRT
[...] (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on February 25 outlined the status of Lithuania's planning for the Lithuania-led provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Chagcharan, Afghanistan, and GOL efforts to solicit support for the mission from NATO al [...]
2005-03-01 12:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS200LITHUANIAN MINISTER USPASKICH'S VISIT SCENESETTER
[...] (C) Your meeting with the Baltic Ministers of Economy will provide an opportunity to underscore to Lithuania's Minister Victor Uspaskich the need to do more to attract U.S. direct investment. Uspaskich, who came to office in December 2004, has publicly recognized that increasing foreign invest [...]
2005-03-01 13:52:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN LH
05VILNIUS240LITHUANIA WELCOMES U.S. OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS TO PRT
[...] This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. DCM informed MFA Undersecretary Dalius Cekuolis March 8, per reftel, of the USG plan to assign a State Department Officer (retired FSO Michael Metrinko) and a USAID officer to the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan [...]
2005-03-09 15:09:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AF LH
05VILNIUS252SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF DEFENSE GEDIMINAS
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Lithuanian Defense Minister Kirkilas comes to Washington March 14 eager to demonstrate that, despite inexperience in defense policy, he is a capable and committed friend to the U.S. His performance in less than three months on the job has been impressively favorable to our [...]
2005-03-10 15:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR LH
05VILNIUS253Lithuania Needs Night Vision Devices
[...] I would like to appeal for your assistance in taking a look at a policy that is effectively denying one of our staunchest allies in Iraq and Afghanistan the ability to fully realize its potential in supporting our interests. Lithuania has been seeking for several months the transfer of Night [...]
2005-03-10 15:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL LH
05VILNIUS257LITHUANIA'S PRT IN CHAGCHARAN: FILLING THE RANKS
[...] (C) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, said the GOL will ask Parliament to double the number of troops deployable to Afghanistan. Jankuaskas provided an update of pledges of [...]
2005-03-15 07:33:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS266LITHUANIA TO REVIEW DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 06:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDBO LH
05VILNIUS276VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: LITHUANIA ACCEPTS ROADMAP,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL, initially hesitant to pursue a formal agreement, is now anxious to accept the VWP roadmap following the model of other countries in the region. MFA officials remain very interested in arranging U.S. consultations, to examine both biometric security and "customer servic [...]
2005-03-16 14:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL LH
05VILNIUS28LITHUANIA INCSR (INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Money laundering is not a significant problem in Lithuania. Strict legal and regulatory controls and the GOL's cooperation with international regulatory counterparts explain the government's success. The Lithuanian government increased controls to prevent financial crimes and money launderi [...]
2005-01-10 14:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS283RABBI BAKER PRESSES FOR RESTITUTION RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lithuanian Government and political leaders reaffirmed their commitment to restitution of Jewish communal property during a series of meetings with visiting American Jewish Committee official Rabbi Andrew Baker March 7-8. Paving the way for Baker's visit, the local Jewish com [...]
2005-03-17 13:50:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNAR SOCI PHUM OVIP LH
05VILNIUS289AMBASSADOR VISITS LITHUANIA'S REACTOR, DISCUSSES
[...] Ambassador Mull made a day-long tour of northeastern Lithuania on March 16. During his visit, he heard concerns from local mayors about the lack of local employment opportunities to absorb the large (3,500) Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) reactor workforce once the only remaining functi [...]
2005-03-18 14:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS3LITHUANIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] To maintain its high rate of growth, Lithuania needs more foreign investment. The government affords foreign investors equal protection to domestic investors, and sets few limitations on their activities. Foreign investors have the right to repatriate or reinvest profits without restriction [...]
2005-01-03 14:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE ECON KTDB LH
05VILNIUS300LITHUANIA OIL STILL FLOWING, BUT MANY FINGERS
[...] (C) Mazeikiu Nafta General Director Nelson English and Vice Minister of Economy Nerijus Eidukevicius told us they are optimistic that Russian crude will continue to flow through the Transneft pipeline to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery through the end of the year, despite press reports to [...]
2005-03-22 12:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG LH RS
05VILNIUS306MINISTER OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOR LAYS OUT VISION FOR
[...] SUMMARY: On March 21, Ambassador Mull met with Vilija Blinkeviciute, the Minster of Social Security and Labor, as part of his ongoing series of discussions with cabinet members of the new GOL (ref a). Ms. Blinkeviciute, a member of the Social Liberal party who came in fourth in the first rou [...]
2005-03-23 08:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV PGOV PHUM LH
05VILNIUS313 Government of Lithuania request to purchase Dual
[...] Summary: The GOL requested an amendment to an existing contract for the Stinger missile system on 23 March 2005 in order to enhance NATO interoperability and realize a long- term cost savings over the life of the modified contract. Lithuania is requesting the purchase of eight Dual Mounted [...]
2005-03-23 14:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MCAP MASS LH
05VILNIUS317LITHUANIAN STAKEHOLDERS TARGET STANDARDS AND
[...] Lithuanians identified differing standards and regulations as the greatest impediments to transatlantic trade in two recent Embassy-sponsored stakeholders' roundtables. The Lithuanian Free Market Institute, reporting on the events, encouraged elimination of U.S.-EU tariff barriers and mutual [...]
2005-03-24 14:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL ECON BEXP KPAO LH
05VILNIUS326RUSSIAN ENVOY'S SHARPE TONGUE AND THREATS TO CUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's envoy to Lithuania has provoked high-level outrage and calls for his expulsion with sharp-tongued criticism of Lithuanians and thinly veiled threats to interrupt the country's energy supplies. Most local analysts believe the Russian's sudden high-profile gibes - after 1 [...]
2005-03-25 16:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF LH RS
05VILNIUS350LITHUANIA: NO ISAF CAVEATS, BUT WOULD CONSIDER ONE
[...] (U) This cable contains a request for information. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel points April 4 on ISAF caveats to Bartas Trakymas, Acting Head of the MOD's International Organizations Division, and to Gediminas Varvuolis, Head of the MFA NATO Division. Trakymas concu [...]
2005-04-06 06:40:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LH AF DA
05VILNIUS358LITHUANIAN-LED PRT: TAKING SHAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministry officials told State POLAD designee to the Lithuania-led PRT Michael Metrinko March 30 - April 1 that Lithuania is moving forward with plans to lead a multinational provincial reconstruction team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan. The Lithuanians, s [...]
2005-04-06 14:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS367LITHUANIA PROVIDES UPDATED REQUIREMENT LITH FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOL updated and augmented its needs assessment for the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the desolate Ghowr province of western Afghanistan. Following the March 30 return from Afghanistan of Lithuania's PRT reconnaissance team, the MFA advanced us a copy [...]
2005-04-07 12:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS372GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ASSESSMENT: LITHUANIA
[...] (S) Lithuania has a low terrorism threat, and we are working hard with Lithuanian security agencies to keep it that way. There are no known terrorist operational cells, logistical cells, or support organizations in Lithuania. There are no known incidents of terrorism financing or terrorism-re [...]
2005-04-08 14:19:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL PTER ASEC LH
05VILNIUS376U.S.-BALTIC SUMMIT: CALMING TROUBLED WATERS
[...] (C) President Bush's meeting with the three Baltic presidents in Riga May 7 presents an extraordinary opportunity to tighten our alliance with America's best friends in Europe and patch their fraying unity in advancing U.S. interests. At the summit, we should aim to: --Acknowledge the thre [...]
2005-04-11 10:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EN RS LG LH
05VILNIUS380YUKOS LOSING ITS GRIP ON LITHUANIAN OIL REFINERY
[...] (C) Russian oil giant Yukos is losing hold of its controlling interest in Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery, as the company can no longer guarantee oil flows to Lithuania. The GOL has entered into negotiations with London-based Yukos management regarding control of the refinery. Russia [...]
2005-04-11 14:36:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON ENRG LH RS
05VILNIUS395YOUR VILNIUS VISIT: REWARDING THE LOYAL AND
[...] (C) Your bilateral program in Vilnius during the NATO Ministerial will score important advances in keeping this loyal ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, highlight our joint efforts for a democratic Belarus, and set the stage for a successful U.S.-Baltic summit in Riga next month. It will also hel [...]
2005-04-13 14:49:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP LH
05VILNIUS410PROPOSED VISA WAIVER PROGRAM ROADMAP FOR
[...] After consulting with Vaidotas Verba, Director of the MFA's Consular Department, we wish to propose the following draft visa waiver program roadmap, which is based on the roadmap the USG announced last February with Poland. We request urgent approval of this proposed roadmap so that it may b [...]
2005-04-15 10:29:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS417LITHUANIAN PRT FORCE DEVELOPMENT MEETING: WHERE
[...] (C) Summary. Dainius Baublys, the MFA's designated POLAD for the Lithuanian-led Chaghcharan provincial reconstruction team, April 13 expressed dismay at the lack of partner commitments to support the PRT. Baublys said that only few made firm pledges of support and only Iceland's met the GOL's [...]
2005-04-19 11:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS429 Government of Lithuania request Requests for
[...] Summary: The GOL recently provided us with a formal request requested that the USG provide Generation III Night Vision Devices (NVDs) for their its troops deploying in support of a Provincial Reconstruction Tteam in Afghanistan and SOF troops preparing to support NATO NATO Reaction Forces -5 [...]
2005-04-25 09:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL LH
05VILNIUS447SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KINGSTON
[...] Your visit to Lithuania will provide an opportunity to thank Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror, including its recent decision to establish and lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, and to commend its leadership in [...]
2005-04-29 05:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS453LITHUANIA: ADVANCE NOTICE OF IPR WATCH LISTING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-02 13:21:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD LH
05VILNIUS478LITHUANIA REJECTS UKRAINIAN MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] The GOL dismissed recent allegations by Ukranian Minister of Interior Yuri Lutsenko that Lithuanian banks laundered USD 130 million to support the losing presidential campaign of Viktor Yanukovich. The Ukrainian Embassy confirmed that there is no evidence to support the charges. Lithuanian b [...]
2005-05-09 10:54:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS490LITHUANIA SUPPORTS INCREASED VISIBILITY OVER PRT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding the U.S. proposal to increase visibility over the civilian element of ISAF's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) on May 6 to Gediminas Varvuolis, Head of the MFA's NATO Division, Alvydas Kunigelis, Acting Director of the MOD's Department of Internat [...]
2005-05-11 09:34:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF LH
05VILNIUS498LITHUANIAN RESPONSE TO NIGHT VISION DEVICES ROADMAP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 14:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMASS ETTC MARR PREL LH
05VILNIUS5Lithuania's Acquisition of Night Vision Devices:
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. A U.S. vendor of advanced Night Vision Devices (NVDs) recently advised the Lithuanian government that its acquisition contravenes de facto USG policy. The apparent policy to deny new NATO members these devic [...]
2005-01-04 06:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL LH
05VILNIUS500 CODEL KINGSTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, DEMOCRACY AND
[...] Summary. A Congressional delegation led by Representative Jack Kingston visited Lithuania May 8-10 to thank President Adamkus and Parliamentary Speaker Paulauskas for Lithuania's support in the Global War on Terrorism and for its democratic initiatives in Ukraine and Belarus. Lithuanian inte [...]
2005-05-13 13:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS503LITHUANIA WANTS AND DESERVES FLEXIBLE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. As they gear up to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, Lithuanian authorities were delighted by the recent approval in Washington of coalition solidarity funding. At the same time, in anticipation of receiving a share of these funds in recognition of thei [...]
2005-05-13 14:12:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS504ECONOMY MINISTER USPASKICH UNDER FIRE BY THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Victor Uspaskich, Economy Minister and leader of the upstart Labor Party, landed in hot water this week. He stands accused of two ethics violations - for using an official trip to Moscow in March to advance his personal business interests, and for excess EU funds received by his b [...]
2005-05-13 14:43:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS519Weapons Discovered Near Lithuanian Refugee Reception Center Housing Chechens
[...] (U) Classified By RSO Brent A. Barker. Reason 1.5 (D). 2. (S) Summary. The Lithuanian Police recently disclosed to us that they discovered a significant cache of weapons last June near a Refugee Center outside of Kaunas. The weapons included Russian Flame Rocket Launchers, assault rifles [...]
2005-05-18 13:29:00Embassy VilniusSECRETLH NOTAG
05VILNIUS52KGB SKELETONS HAUNT LITHUANIAN FM, SECURITY CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Foreign Minister and the Director of the State Security Department are under public scrutiny for their alleged Soviet-era service in the KGB reserves. Immediately after the media broke the story January 7, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis acknowledged his enrollment [...]
2005-01-18 10:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS527LITHUANIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL APPROVES INCREASING
[...] Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis told the Ambassador May 19 that he expects speedy passage through parliament of legislation increasing the number of troops the Lithuanian military may deploy to participate in international operations. The Lithuanian State Defense Council, an inter-ministeri [...]
2005-05-19 15:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS528LITHUANIA'S ECONOMY: WHY 2004 WAS SUCH A GOOD
[...] Final 2004 figures confirm that Lithuania's economy remains on a roll. High growth, low inflation, and expanding foreign investment still characterize the economy. Surging domestic consumption fed Lithuania's growth, but also contributed to a growing current account deficit and upward pressur [...]
2005-05-23 05:10:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD LH
05VILNIUS530LITHUANIA'S MFA WARY OF PROPOSED ARMS SALE TO NEPAL
[...] This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington and Katmandu by OOB May 24. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA'a Security Policy Department, notified us on May 18 of an application of a Lithuanian company for a license to export ammuni [...]
2005-05-23 09:24:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PGOV PTER PINR LH NP
05VILNIUS560LITHUANIA'S ESDP CONTRIBUTION NO THREAT TO NATO
[...] GOL Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas and representatives of Germany, Latvia, Poland, and Slovakia on May 23 signed a declaration in Brussels to create a joint battle group to serve in the EU Rapid Reaction Force. Kirkilas announced that the joint force will assume its first rotation in 201 [...]
2005-05-31 06:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR LH
05VILNIUS562COURT FINES EDITOR FOR DISSEMINATING ANTISEMITIC
[...] (U) A Vilnius administrative court fined Rimvydas Valentukevicius, editor of the Russian-language edition of the "Respublika" newspaper, 1,000 litas ($360) on May 25 for publishing a series of anti-Semitic editorials in 2004. The court held that, by publishing the editorials claiming that Jew [...]
2005-05-31 13:10:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI LH
05VILNIUS57EMBASSY VILNIUS WORK PLAN FOR NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are systematically engaging Lithuania's month-old government, including an Ambassadorial meeting with each Cabinet member, on issues of interest to the United States. Our work plan concentrates on the following critical policy goals: 1) GOL Activism in the Global War on Terr [...]
2005-01-18 14:49:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS OFDP EINV AMGT LH
05VILNIUS572LITHUANIA SEEKS TO USHER UKRAINE TO BRUSSELS
[...] (U) Lithuania is mobilizing a full court press to promote Ukraine's integration into transatlantic and European institutions. Building upon the relationship that President Valdas Adamkus forged by mediating (with Poland's Kwasniewski) Ukraine's post-election crisis, Lithuania's Defense Minis [...]
2005-06-03 07:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH UP
05VILNIUS58LITHUANIA'S JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES CONTINUITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Gintautas Buzinskas, meeting with Ambassador Mull on January 14, pledged continuity in his Ministry and U.S.-Lithuanian cooperation on legal issues. Both sides agreed on the need for additional efforts on anti-corruption and counter-terrorism. The Ambassador e [...]
2005-01-18 15:59:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KNAR PREL LH
05VILNIUS59LITHUANIA SAYS YES TO PRT
[...] (C) The GOL informed the Ambassador on the evening of January 18 that it will accept NATO's request for it to head a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in western Afghanistan. The decision followed weeks of intensive Mission and USG efforts to get Lithuania on board, culminating in two sepa [...]
2005-01-18 16:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS596GERMAN AND LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES SCRUTINIZE MONEY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RSO BRENT A. BARKER. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) Summary. The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigative Service recently disclosed to us that in 2004 it received an informal request from a German government agency regarding a financial transaction used to "purchase equipment in [...]
2005-06-10 05:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PTER PINR EFIN KNNP ASEC IR LH
05VILNIUS599LITHUANIA TO MAKE MODEST TRAINING PLEDGE AT US-EU
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 08:01:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ LH
05VILNIUS609LITHUANIA DEPLOYS PRT TO AFGHANISTAN; WILL NEED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Intensive U.S. airlift operations in support of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) headed to Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, began from Zokniai airfield June 6. This mission is the most ambitious military undertaking in modern Lithuania's existence, and it enjoys [...]
2005-06-10 14:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS627LITHUANIA SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON TWO PRT ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOL has requested USG assistance in concluding an agreement with the Government of Afghanistan to establish a Lithuanian Special Mission. This agreement is a necessary precondition for the deployment of civilians [...]
2005-06-15 14:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MCAP MARR PREF PGOV LH AF HR
05VILNIUS628LITHUANIA: NO INVESTMENT DISPUTES OR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 09:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV LH
05VILNIUS635EAC Convened to Discuss July 4 Event in Vilnius
[...] (U) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on June 16, 2005, per reftel. 2. (C) The EAC knows of no specific threat information or concerns with regard to Fourth of July events in Lithuania. RSO is coordinating with the local police, who have promised to provide a suffici [...]
2005-06-17 11:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CASC LH
05VILNIUS636ECONOMY MINISTER RESIGNS OVER ETHICS VIOLATIONS;
[...] (C) Lithuania's Minister of Economy Viktor Uspaskich tendered his resignation June 16, following the announcement of a Government Ethics Commission finding that he had violated the laws regarding conflicts of interest. Uspaskich will reportedly relinquish his position in Government and his se [...]
2005-06-17 13:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS641LITHUANIAN LEADERSHIP ON EU CRISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus and Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, who both witnessed the collapse of the EU summit last week, discussed recent events in the EU separately with the Ambassador on the margins of June 20 meetings on Iraq. Adamkus offered an insight into his dealing wi [...]
2005-06-20 15:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR LH
05VILNIUS647REQUEST FOR SPEAKER TO DISCUSS ETHICS, EDUCATION
[...] PROGRAM OVERVIEW: The Embassy would like to invite Dr. Peter Greer to discuss short- and long-term strategies for the introduction and implementation of ethics education programs at the local and national levels. Dr. Greer would conduct a seminar on the importance of ethics integration into t [...]
2005-06-21 11:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO LH
05VILNIUS648LITHUANIAN MFA OPPOSES ARMS SALE TO NEPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's MFA will oppose the approval of a license for JSC Manubaltas to export ammunition manufacturing equipment to the Kingdom of Nepal at the GOL's next inter-agency meeting on this issue. The GOL had consulted with the USG on this sale, pursuant to its Wassenaar commitme [...]
2005-06-21 12:43:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM LH NP
05VILNIUS65LITHUANIA'S ECONOMY MINISTER SEEKS TO ATTRACT U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Economy Minister and Labor Party Chairman Viktor Uspaskich, meeting with Ambassador Mull on January 18, stressed his commitment to attracting U.S. investment, improve the competitiveness of Lithuanian companies, and to work with the EU to help Lithuania diversify its oil supply a [...]
2005-01-20 06:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG ECIN LH
05VILNIUS655(C) LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS BOUNCE BACK, BUT
[...] (C) Lithuania's complicated relations with Russia -- after five months of emotional tensions -- are improving again. The May visit of Russian FM Lavrov -- featuring his second meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Valionis in a month -- produced a lengthy declaration promising enhanced coop [...]
2005-06-22 09:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ELTN RS LH
05VILNIUS657LITHUANIA ON BOARD FOR IRAQ IN 2006
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Valdas Adamkus, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, and Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador in separate meetings that they fully expect Lithuania to remain part of the Coalition in Iraq (MNF-I) and Lithuanian personnel to be on the ground in Iraq in 2 [...]
2005-06-22 14:39:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS662LITHUANIA'S GOVERNING COALITION: "LET'S STAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's ruling coalition shows every indication of surviving the resignation of Minister of Economy Viktor Uspaskich, and Uspaskich's Labor Party shows signs it will emerge from this episode intact. The Prime Minister and President look likely to accept Labor's nominee to re [...]
2005-06-23 14:09:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS674SUBJECT: LITHUANIA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's new Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcytis told the Ambassador that his principal challenge will be to keep the fiscal deficit and inflation in check so that Lithuania can enter the euro zone as planned in 2007. During the Ambassador's June 23 call on Balcytis, the FinMin [...]
2005-06-28 13:43:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PREL PINR AFIN ECON MARR LH
05VILNIUS676LITHUANIAN OVERSEAS TROOP DEPLOYMENTS AUTHORIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-28 14:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL IZ AF LH
05VILNIUS683LITHUANIA TIP UPDATE: JANUARY-JUNE 2005
[...] The Government of Lithuania advanced its campaign against trafficking in persons during the first six months of 2005. Joint Lithuanian and British law enforcement efforts resulted in the breakup of a cross-border human trafficking chain that had sent women and girls to the UK. The Government [...]
2005-06-29 15:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
05VILNIUS693LITHUANIA GRATEFUL FOR COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] The Ambassador informed GOL officials on June 30 of the decision to allocate USD 8 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds to Lithuania. In separate conversations, the Ambassador spoke with Minister of Defense Gediminas Kirkilas, Director of the MFA's America, Africa, Asia and Oceania Departme [...]
2005-07-01 12:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PARM LH
05VILNIUS701PHOTO-SUBBED NEW LITHUANIAN PASSPORTS: A SPOT
[...] Summary: The Consular Department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry recently informed us that its Embassy in London has been receiving large numbers of successfully photo-substituted new Lithuanian passports. According to the MFA, the photo-substitutions are extremely good and can only be de [...]
2005-07-07 06:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS LH
05VILNIUS704GOL PROVIDES COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND WISH LIST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL provided us on July 5 an updated list of equipment it hopes to purchase with the USD $8 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds that Congress allocated to Lithuania. The GOL plans to use the money to bolster its force leading the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in A [...]
2005-07-07 13:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PARM LH
05VILNIUS706LITHUANIAN COURT FINES EDITOR FOR ANTI-SEMITIC
[...] (U) Vilnius Administrative Judge Audrius Cininas fined Vitas Tomkus, editor-in-chief and sole owner of Lithuania's second largest daily, "Respublika," 3,000 LTL (US$1,035) on July 7 for inciting anti-Semitism in a series of editorials in 2004. The court held that, by publishing editorials cla [...]
2005-07-07 14:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI LH
05VILNIUS711LONDON BOMBINGS: VILNIUS EMERGENCY ACTION MEETING
[...] CDA chaired a meeting of the core EAC at OOB July 8 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of the terrorist attacks in London. RSO, DIA, ORA, MGT, CONS, POL, and PAS attended. The EAC noted that that a group claiming responsibility for the bombings had indicated its intent to t [...]
2005-07-08 11:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC PTER LH
05VILNIUS714VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONSULAR
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy and MFA officials discussed next steps to accomplish the items listed in Lithuania's roadmap for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) at the inaugural meeting of the Consular Working Group (CWG). We discussed Lithuanian progress on meeting the requirements for sharing lost/stolen pas [...]
2005-07-08 14:37:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KPAO LH
05VILNIUS718VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONSULAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy and MFA officials discussed next steps to accomplish the items listed in Lithuania's roadmap for the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) at the inaugural meeting of the Consular Working Group (CWG). We discussed Lithuanian progress on meeting the requirements for sharing lost/sto [...]
2005-07-11 10:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KPAO LH
05VILNIUS721QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT, JANUARY - MARCH 2005
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. (U) NARRATIVE OF ACTIVITIES DEA Regional Basic Narcotics Officers School (March 30 - April 8). This is a two-week Basic Narcotics Officers School with an emphasis on clandestine laboratory training conducted in Vilnius, Lithuania. Thirty-six students [...]
2005-07-12 05:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC LH
05VILNIUS731 LITHUANIAN SCIENTISTS ADJUST TO A NEW, MARKET-
[...] Summary: Lithuania's research institutes have significant research and development (R&D) capabilities, but generally fail to produce profitable and marketable innovations. While there are some exceptions -- notably in lasers, electronics, and biochemistry -- inadequate funding and a lack of [...]
2005-07-13 10:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON TSPL KSCA PGOV LH
05VILNIUS732GOL EAGER TO DEAL QUIETLY WITH DETAINED BELARUSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior GOL officials are focused on managing the detention by Lithuanian authorities of a Belarusian employee of a USAID contractor on charges of money smuggling. The courier was arrested as she attempted to leave Lithuania for Belarus with US$25,000, well over the limit set by Lithuan [...]
2005-07-13 12:35:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS733NO DESECRATION OF GRAVES SEEN BY LOCAL JEWISH
[...] Summary: We met with Rabbi Chizkiva Kalmanowitz, an American citizen resident in Israel, on June 29 to discuss his concerns about construction work on the site of a known Jewish cemetery in central Vilnius. Rabbi Kalmanowitz was in Lithuania for 18 hours as part of a survey trip to Jewish he [...]
2005-07-13 14:07:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LH
05VILNIUS751WHEELS GRIND IN DETAINED BELARUSIAN COURIER CASE
[...] (C) The GOL is keen to resolve the case of a Belarusian courier detained while carrying undeclared cash for an NGO in a manner consistent with its laws, while not undermining its own support for democratic change in Belarus. The GOL is focused on two challenges: resolution of the case, and d [...]
2005-07-20 11:00:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS767 WORK ON LITHUANIA'S ROADMAP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We have begun taking concrete steps to implement Lithuania's Visa Waiver roadmap. Since the first meeting of our Consular Working Group (CWG) on June 29 (reftel),Consul discussed visa issues on a national radio program with an MFA rep as part of our joint Public Diplomacy camp [...]
2005-07-25 07:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KPAO LH
05VILNIUS771LABOR PARTY JOSTLING FOR EARLY POSITION AHEAD OF
[...] (C) Lithuania's uneasy ruling coalition continues to function amid signs that some of the constituent parties are already beginning to look to the next election cycle. The dual triggers of Labor Party Chairman Viktor Uspaskich's forced resignation as Economy Minister and upcoming municipal el [...]
2005-07-25 12:31:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS778PHOTO-SUBSTITUTED LITHUANIAN PASSPORTS: PROOF IS
[...] Summary: Good-quality photo-substituted new-generation Lithuanian passports, which have become increasingly popular with citizens of other FSU countries seeking to benefit from Lithuania's membership in the EU, are difficult to detect. Fraudulent documents are generally only distinguishable f [...]
2005-07-27 13:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS LH
05VILNIUS781WHO WILL WALK OFF WITH THE BALTICS' ONLY OIL REFINERY?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 11:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RS LH
05VILNIUS8OUTPOURING OF LITHUANIAN SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI
[...] We delivered reftel points encouraging assistance for the victims of the December 26 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami to Diana Mickeviciene of MFA's Asia and Pacific SIPDIS Division on January 4. Mickeviciene said that the GOL will likely announce on January 5 plans to contribute 150,00 [...]
2005-01-04 14:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV LH
05VILNIUS80COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CHRISTIAN YARNELL
[...] Embassy Vilnius requests country clearance for POL/ECON Officer Christian Yarnell to travel to Warsaw to attend the January 31-February 1 Warsaw Regional Consular Conference. Mr. Yarnell will arrive on January 29 at 15:15 onboard Flight LO 772, and depart February 1 at 19:55. He holds a Top S [...]
2005-01-25 15:50:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA LH
05VILNIUS837GOL: ISAF MANDATE ADEQUATE, AS IS; CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) We delivered Ref A points on ISAF's mandate to Vytautas Leskevicius, Head of the MFA's NATO Division, on August 10. Leskevicius said that the GOL agrees with the USG position that the current UN mandate is sufficiently broad to allow ISAF to support Afghan security forces in responding to [...]
2005-08-11 08:00:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF LH
05VILNIUS857GOL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT TURKEY'S EU BID
[...] (C) Vidmantas Purlys, Head of the MFA's EU Sector Policies Coordination Division, told us August 18 that the GOL shares USG concerns about adding conditions to the negotiating framework ahead of the planned October 3 start of EU accession talks with Turkey. Purlys said that while the GOL is [...]
2005-08-18 14:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EU TU LH
05VILNIUS859NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY EMPHASIZES FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Kestutis Dauksys, meeting with Ambassador on August 16, emphasized the need to attract foreign investment, to improve the capacity of Lithuanian companies, and to develop a sound energy policy that will guarantee fuel supplies and promote Lithuania's energy in [...]
2005-08-18 14:36:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ENRG ECIN PREL LH
05VILNIUS87SCENE SETTER FOR A/S MAURA HARTY'S VILNIUS VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Maura, it is an honor and delight to welcome you back to Lithuania, where we continue to benefit from your outstanding work as one of this Mission's "founding mothers." Since your last visit, Lithuania has matured into an important partner for the U.S., with re [...]
2005-01-26 14:16:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CMGT CVIS CASC ASEC LH
05VILNIUS88AG MINISTER PRUNSKIENE: MORE EU MEANS ROOM FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Agricultural Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene, meeting with Ambassador Mull on January 25, painted a picture of an EU branded agricultural policy for Lithuania and pledged to focus her efforts on rural development. She praised U.S.-Lithuanian cooperation on agricultural and rural de [...]
2005-01-26 14:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAGR PGOV ETRD ENRG PHUM LH
05VILNIUS884LITHUANIA MOSTLY AGREES WITH USG POSITIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania basically concurs with U.S. positions on key agenda items for the September 1-2 Gymnich meeting, with some reservations on Turkey. Lina Peciulyte, acting head of the MFA's EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, said Lithuania continues to support beginning EU [...]
2005-08-26 08:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL LH
05VILNIUS888MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION WILLING TO TAKE HARD
[...] (C) Minister of Transportation and Communication Petras Cesna, meeting with the Ambassador on August 25, emphasized his eagerness to see increased US investment in Lithuania, thanked the Ambassador for the close cooperation between his Ministry and the USG, and showed a willingness to consider [...]
2005-08-29 11:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH BO
05VILNIUS90 Minister of Education and Science Pledges Support in Signin
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 11:27:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SENV TSPL KPAO LH
05VILNIUS911TFUS01: PRESIDENT ADAMKUS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 16:13:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US LH
05VILNIUS912EU COMMISIONERS ENCOURAGE LITHUANIA TO IMPOSE VISA
[...] Consul met September 1 with MFA consular division chief Vaidotas Verba, who described a new move by the EU to impose a visa requirement on Americans. Lithuanian EU parliamentarian Justas Paleckis received a letter from EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Justice, Free [...]
2005-09-02 16:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL XG LH
05VILNIUS93Minister of Health Looks to U.S. for Continued
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 15:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TBIO SENV TSPL KPAO LH
05VILNIUS930GOL DISINCLINED TO EMBED TROOPS IN IRAQI UNITS
[...] (S) The GOL will likely not embed Lithuanian troops with Iraqi forces as part of the shift of MNF-I's emphasis to building Iraqi capacity (ref A). MOD Undersecretary Renatas Norkus told us that the GOL believes that its soldiers lack the necessary operational experience, language skills, and [...]
2005-09-07 13:11:00Embassy VilniusSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS932GOL TO CONSIDER CONGRATULATING IRAQ; DISCUSSING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 13:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IZ LH
05VILNIUS946LITHUANIA: INTERESTED IN COMBATING AVIAN
[...] Summary. The Government of Lithuania is fully engaged on the Avian Influenza issue. The Ministry of Health is in the process of drafting the Government's national action plan, and Health Minister Zilvinas Padaiga told the Ambassador that the GOL would "be very supportive" of the USG's initiat [...]
2005-09-09 10:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO KSCA LH
05VILNIUS947ORGANIZED CRIME IN LITHUANIA (C-CN5-00417)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 12:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPINR SOCI LH
05VILNIUS949VILNIUS COURT DECIDES TO EXTRADITE BANKER TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vilnius District Court decided on September 8 to extradite to Russia Igor Babenko, the manager of the Stavropol branch of Yukos-owned Menatep Bank. Lithuanian authorities had arrested Babenko on July 1 in response to Russia's extradition request. Russian prosecutors accuse B [...]
2005-09-09 15:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EFIN KCRM KJUS PHUM LH RS
05VILNIUS950 TFUS01: LITHUANIA: KATRINA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Summary: Lithuanian print media is actively covering hurricane "Katrina", echoing official U.S. statements in news reports and reprinting information provided by both international and national news services in all Lithuanian daily newspapers. Recent attention has shifted to Lithuania's possi [...]
2005-09-12 04:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS959PRESIDENT ATTENDS 9/11 INTERFAITH COMMEMORATION
[...] The Embassy helped to organize an interfaith commemoration for the victims of terrorism at a Lutheran church in Vilnius on September 11. The event represented the first large-scale interfaith service ever held in Lithuania, and was covered by all major national media. Leaders from five fait [...]
2005-09-13 08:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL LH
05VILNIUS962CONTINUING EMIGRATION BEGINNING TO AFFECT LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: Lithuanians continue to emigrate since their country joined the EU last year. As Lithuania's skilled workers emigrate, the number of foreign laborers from Belarus and Ukraine has increased. The Government acknowledges the need for programs to manage emigration, encourage emigrants [...]
2005-09-13 12:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON SMIG PGOV LH
05VILNIUS972WHY DO SO MANY LITHUANIANS COMMIT SUICIDE?
[...] (U) Lithuania, a dramatic success story in so many ways, is the suicide capital of Europe, with 40 suicides per 100,000 residents each year. Teens and middle-aged men are most at risk. The bustling economy and expanded social protections have failed to lower the suicide rate, which has been [...]
2005-09-16 09:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV KPAO LH
05VILNIUS977RUSSIAN SU-27 CRASHES IN RURAL LITHUANIA; NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Russian fighter-bomber reportedly en route from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad crashed in the Sokiai region of Lithuania shortly after 1500 local time on September 15. Lithuanian authorities have detained the pilot and are investigating the incident. The Russian Government has [...]
2005-09-16 13:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH
05VILNIUS986 VILNIUS BEGINS YEAR-LONG B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY
[...] SUMMARY: We have begun a year-long validation study of Lithuanian B1/B2 visa applicants to determine the overstay rate for the period November 2004 to November 2005. We have consulted with CA/FPP to ensure that our study will be statistically valid and produce comprehensive information to hel [...]
2005-09-19 12:58:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD LH
05VILNIUS989COORDINATING ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN
[...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding coordination of assistance to promote democracy in Belarus to MFA Political Director Zygimantas Pavilionis and Renatas Juska of the MFA Political Planning Department, among others, at a gathering of high-level representative of Europe's donor co [...]
2005-09-20 11:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM EAID PREL BO LH
05VILNIUS993SU-27: THREE ACTION REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for Washington agencies -- see paras 6, 8 and 12 -- and USNATO -- see para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Several loose ends remain from last Friday's crash of a Russian Su-27 (ref a) in Lithuania. Senior Lithuanian officials believe that inconsistencies in Russian [...]
2005-09-21 13:08:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH NATO RU
05VILNIUS994GOL PRESENTS ITS VERSION OF THE SU-27 CRASH
[...] (SBU) The Lithuanian MFA delivered to the embassy a nonpaper describing the GOL's version of the events surrounding the crash of the Russian SU-27 in Lithuania (reftel). The account particularly highlights Russian authorities' alleged failure to provide accurate information about the plane, i [...]
2005-09-21 13:38:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH
05VILNIUS996 MARIJAMPOLE COUNTY: LITHUANIA'S GOOD COUNTRY
[...] SUMMARY: Top officials in one of Lithuania's most sparsely populated counties told the Ambassador that the local economy in Marijampole is doing well. Unemployment is low and skilled labor talented, but a U.S. employer finds it hard to fill jobs. The students in this rural region study Engl [...]
2005-09-22 05:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV LH
06BRATISLAVA977SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUND-UP DECEMBER 21, 2006
[...] (SBU) Since the new Smer-SNS-HZDS (Smer-Social Democracy, Slovak National Party, Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) government took office in July, the Embassy has faced increased difficulty in the responsiveness of established contacts from several ministries. Notably in the Ministries of I [...]
2006-12-21 12:14:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI LO LH
06KABUL3021AMBASSADOR AND MRS NEUMANN VISIT LITHUANIAN PRT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Neumann and Lithuanian Ambassador Srsknys visited Lithuanian PRT Chaghcharan on June 23, and met with Ghor Governor and other provincial officials. The Lithuanians impressed the Ambassador with their excellent relations with provincial officials, regular patro [...]
2006-07-06 07:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID ECON LH AF
06KIEV713UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH STILL BITTER ABOUT THE
[...] (C) As of December 2005, Yanukovych still expressed bitterness about what he saw as the December 2004 "putsch" denying him the Presidency, according to Lithuanian Embassy Political Counselor Darius Vitkauskas. Vitkauskas told us February 21 that when the Lithuanian Ambassador saw Yanukovych i [...]
2006-02-21 14:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
06KYIV4305UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...]
2006-11-17 16:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH
06KYIV4537UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]
2006-12-11 16:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV NATO UP LH
06MADRID1908SPAIN: GOS POSITION ON PHARE ASSISTANCE TO TURKISH
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Jose Luis Pardo, an official in the Subdirectorate General for General Affairs, on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias told Poloff that the Cyprus reintegration is coming to a head and r [...]
2006-07-27 15:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LH EUN CY SP
06MOSCOW9482RUSSIAN OIL TO LITHUANIA -- MIXING REVENGE AND BUSINESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 12:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL LH RS
06PARIS5276 U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
[...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]
2006-08-03 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO LH
06PRAGUE1420BLUE LANTERN (DTC CASE 05-1007717) -- EXPORT OF
[...] (U) Poloff contacted Aviation Service on November 16 and spoke to General Manager Josef Eifler about the equipment referenced in reftel. According to Mr. Eifler, the equipment is helicopter "navigation and communications equipment," which was manufactured and modified by Honeywell for use with [...]
2006-11-16 15:12:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC LH UK EZ
06PRAGUE851CZECHS SUPPORT PHARE ASSISTANCE, BUT ONLY UNDER
[...] (C) Poloff discussed the Czech position on PHARE assistance for the Turkish Cypriot Community on July 25 with MFA Director of Southeast and Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog, and MFA Director of Coordination and Institutions of EU Tomas Ulicny. Szunyog said the Czechs support the PHARE a [...]
2006-07-25 15:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID LH EUN CY EZ
06TALLINN1055ESTONIA PROCESSING GUANTANAMO MIGRANTS
[...] (U) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights, on whether the GOE can resettle Haitian and Cuban migrants currently in Guantanamo to Estonia. On November 16, Hion informed us that the request was sent to the Estonian Migration Board for considera [...]
2006-11-22 11:46:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SMIG BU CU LG LH EN
06TALLINN626ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]
2006-07-06 10:52:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN644 CREATION OF A BALTIC AMERICAN ENTERPRISE FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since its launch in 1995, the Baltic American Enterprise Fund (BalAEF) has played an important role in promoting economic growth in the three Baltic states. It is important for U.S. interests in the Baltics and beyond to create a successor institution that will be ready to st [...]
2006-07-12 08:04:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL EN LH LG
06USUNNEWYORK571 LITHUANIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be give [...]
2006-03-23 15:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM UN LH
06VILNIUS1008EU DECISION HELPS REFINERY DEAL BUT SIGNIFICANT
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's PKN Orlen has overcome the main legal obstacle hindering its purchase of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) -- approval of the EU's competition authority -- but other hurdles remain. The investigation into the October 12 fire will not conclude before February 1 [...]
2006-11-09 13:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL
06VILNIUS1017LITHUANIAN REFINERY BOARD RESIGNS AFTER FAILING TO
[...] (C) Nelson English, the Amcit General Director of Mazeikiu Nafta (MN),Lithuania's only oil refinery, called us late on November 9 to say that that MN's board of directors had resigned after failing to oust him at a board meeting earlier that evening. He said that the GOL's three representativ [...]
2006-11-13 14:52:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL VE
06VILNIUS102SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...]
2006-02-02 08:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
06VILNIUS103 LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]
2006-02-02 08:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS1032LITHUANIA LOOKS TOWARDS RIGA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Looking towards the Riga Summit, Lithuania hopes for encouraging words on Baltic air policing and NATO enlargement. The GOL remains committed to success in Afghanistan, where it may redeploy special forces in 2007. End Summary. Lithuania considering sending SOF to Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-16 13:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LH LT
06VILNIUS1036LITHUANIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUCCESS IN
[...] (SBU) As the Fourth Lithuanian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) left for Kabul November 14, Lithuania continues to demonstrate its commitment to success in Afghanistan. Lithuania is set to take on the entire military operating expense of its PRT in Ghor Province starting January 2007; is c [...]
2006-11-17 13:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS LH AF
06VILNIUS1037LITHUANIAN FM MEETS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN,
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian FM Vaitiekunas's discussions November 14 with Russia's Foreign and Transport Ministers in Moscow focused on positive areas of cooperation, like Kaliningrad policy and the EU-Russia PCA, as well as touchier subjects such as energy supply and neighborhood policy. Vaitiek [...]
2006-11-17 14:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ENRG RS LH
06VILNIUS1038LITHUANIAN PM VISITS MOLDOVA, DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary. The GOL strongly supports efforts to develop an EU peace Consolidation Mission for Moldova, but MFA officials do not believe that consensus is possible in the EU. End Summary. Consensus lacking for EU PCM Mission in Moldova --------------------------------------------- --- [...]
2006-11-17 15:05:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH RS MD
06VILNIUS1050LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU LANDS ON HIS FEET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Albinas Januska was appointed advisor to Prime Minister Kirkilas on November 20, ending weeks of speculation following his abrupt resignation as Undersecretary at MFA (reftel). Although he remains under a cloud of allegations, Januska appears likely to weather the storm. We ex [...]
2006-11-22 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
06VILNIUS1051LITHUANIA ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's government agrees with us on the importance of keeping Turkey engaged in the EU accession process, but also wants Turkey to fulfill its Ankara commitments. Going into the December European Council, Lithuania is pushing its EU partners to consider a middle way, suspen [...]
2006-11-22 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN TU LH
06VILNIUS1068 LITHUANIA SEEKS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SPECIAL 301
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (U) Summary: Post welcomes the opportunity to engage the new Lithuanian government -- whose cabinet is dealing with the Special 301 process for the first time -- in a cooperative effort to improve Lithuania's intellec [...]
2006-11-30 14:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PGOV LH
06VILNIUS1072STRANDED TRUCKERS PONDER EU "OPEN MARKET"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The long lines of trucks that began appearing November 20 at all four border crossing points where commercial traffic can enter Latvia from Lithuania have now largely disappeared, but the episode has affected Lithuanian-Latvian relations. Lithuania formally complained to the Eu [...]
2006-12-01 13:59:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN PREL LH LG EUN RS BO
06VILNIUS1073LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel non-paper on November 27 to officials in the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. None of our interlocutors was aware of the European Commission's specific proposal to force non-EU air carriers to join the EU Em [...]
2006-12-01 14:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SENV LH EUN
06VILNIUS1089LITHUANIAN FM TO RAISE TURKEY, BELARUS, EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's FM plans to intervene at the December 11 GAERC to support Turkey's EU accession, discourage the repeal of GSP for Belarus, and oppose draft language in the upcoming European Council conclusions about "integration capacity" and "constitutional treaty reform." The Minis [...]
2006-12-08 12:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN LH
06VILNIUS11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER
[...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...]
2006-01-06 05:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OVIP PL LH
06VILNIUS110GOL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT US-EU EFFORTS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 14:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LH
06VILNIUS1110LITHUANIA'S NEW BUDGET INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas told the Ambassador that Lithuania's 2007 budget meets the Defense Ministry's goal of programming an increase in defense spending as a percentage of GDP of .05 percent, to 1.25 percent. While this is technically accurate due to modest official [...]
2006-12-14 13:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR LH
06VILNIUS1111SALE OF LITHUANIA'S REFINERY NEARS COMPLETION
[...] (C) Summary: The official closing of the sale of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery to Poland's PKN Orlen should occur on December 15. The GOL will receive nearly USD 852 million and Yukos International USD 1.5 billion for its majority stake. MN will also fire six high-level manage [...]
2006-12-14 14:18:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL LH RS PL VE NL
06VILNIUS1113LITHUANIA CONSIDERING CLOSER TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para four. 2. (C) MFA Americas and Asia Director Jonas Paslauskas told us December 13 that the GOL was considering an Iranian government request to hold working-level (director level) meetings. The GOL already has diplomatic relations with the GOI. H [...]
2006-12-15 14:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH IR
06VILNIUS1114LITHUANIA CONSIDERING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para four. 2. (C) MFA Americas Director Jonas Paslauskas told us December 13 that the GOL was mulling the establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. He cited two reasons for the review of its current policy. First, he noted an increasing volume [...]
2006-12-15 15:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH CU
06VILNIUS1119DEFENSE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas told the Ambassador that the GOL is still considering sending Special Operations Forces (SOF) to Afghanistan during their December 13 meeting. He also expressed interest in U.S. plans in Iraq, where Lithuania has troops, emphasized the i [...]
2006-12-18 10:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL LH AF
06VILNIUS120GOL WON'T LINK TURKEY/CYPRUS AGENDA AND CUSTOMS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 11:30:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL CY TU LH EUN
06VILNIUS121FALSE ALARM: NO BIRD FLU IN LITHUANIA
[...] Reports of a possible case of avian influenza in Lithuania's port city of Klaipeda have proved false. The Ministry of Health initially feared that the disease may have caused the death of an Indian sailor, who died on February 6 while his ship was docked in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda. E [...]
2006-02-07 14:07:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI PGOV LH
06VILNIUS129LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...]
2006-02-09 08:00:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDLH NOTAG
06VILNIUS132(C) GOL WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 12:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL GT VE LH UN UNSC
06VILNIUS135LITHUANIA'S PRO-DEMOCRACY SUMMIT: AN OPPORTUNITY
[...] (U) Summary. Lithuania intends to hold a high-profile "Summit of the Communities for Democratic Choice" May 4-5 in Vilnius. GOL conference organizers are aiming high, hoping to build momentum towards democracy among transitional countries in the former Soviet Union. They plan to convene he [...]
2006-02-10 15:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH
06VILNIUS136IRAN PROTESTS LITHUANIA'S REPRINTING OF MUHAMMAD
[...] (SBU) The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a diplomatic note from Iran on February 9 protesting the publication in the Lithuanian press of cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad. On February 8, Lithuania's infamous daily "Respublika," which has repeatedly printed hateful cartoo [...]
2006-02-10 16:33:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM IR LH
06VILNIUS137PDAS VOLKER MEETS WITH LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and Ambassador discussed regional issues February 8 with MFA Undersecretary Albinas Januska, Lithuania's chief foreign policy strategist. Januska provided a readout of a "difficult conversation" between GOL FM Valionis and Ukrainian FM Tarasyuk in which Valionis urged [...]
2006-02-10 16:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
06VILNIUS146LITHUANIA: RESTITUTION LEGISLATION FOR JEWISH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lithuania is moving ahead with plans for the restitution of former Jewish communal property, an important element in addressing its Nazi and Soviet legacy. The government's support for restitution remains solid, and the GOL plans to submit the necessary legislation to Parliament [...]
2006-02-13 13:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KNAR PHUM LH
06VILNIUS147PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: LITHUANIA DISTURBED BY
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Palestinian assistance to Vaclovas Salkauskas, head of the MFA's Middle East Division, February 13. Salkauskas said that Lithuania agrees with the USG stance against assistance to a new Palestinian Authority government unless it renounces terrorism, re [...]
2006-02-13 13:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL RS IS LH
06VILNIUS148LITHUANIA BRIEFED ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 15:38:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP AORC IR LH
06VILNIUS15(C) GOL UNLIKELY TO APPROVE HELICOPTER TRAINING
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points regarding the Lithuanian firm Avia Baltika's license application to broker helicopter training to Iranian pilots in Russia to Martynas Lukosevicius of the MFA'S Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and Disarmament Division, January 6. Encouraging Lukosevicius to share [...]
2006-01-06 15:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKSTC PARM PREL ETTC MASS IR RS LH
06VILNIUS157CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON LITHUANIA'S
[...] The joint GOL-Embassy Consular Working Group (CWG) met at Embassy request on February 8, 2006. Attendees included the Foreign Ministry's Consular Department Director Vaidotas Verba, Deputy Director Petras Anusas, and Consular Attache Marijus Petrusonis, as well as the Consul, both Vice Consuls [...]
2006-02-15 08:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS PREL LH
06VILNIUS164GOL SCALES BACK BORDER CEREMONY WITH BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: A senior GOL MFA official told us that the signing of a border demarcation agreement with Belarus will occur without fanfare or press and will only involve sub-cabinet level officials. The MFA officials have proposed a signing date of February 28 to the GOB and await a response. [...]
2006-02-17 15:30:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EU BO LH
06VILNIUS198LITHUANIA 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The government of Lithuania (GOL) estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 women leave Lithuania every year to engage in prostitution, basing their calculations on 2003 Europol data. There [...]
2006-02-27 15:44:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
06VILNIUS204LITHUANIANS LIKE USA BUT GWOT SUPPORT IS TEPID; POLL HELPS
[...] SUMMARY: An Embassy-commissioned poll funded by EUR/PPD showed that a strong majority of Lithuanians continue to view the United States favorably. The survey also showed a positive correlation between knowing an American and having a positive image of the United States. Not all the news was [...]
2006-02-28 12:50:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CVIS PREL LH
06VILNIUS223LITHUANIA'S AI PREPAREDNESS: IS FOUR PERCENT ENOUGH?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL continues to plan for the arrival of avian influenza (AI) virus in Lithuania, but budgetary constraints may hinder preparations, particularly the acquisition of antiviral medication. The Government issued orders requiring owners to sequester domestic birds indoors and p [...]
2006-03-03 11:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR SOCI PGOV KFLU LH
06VILNIUS224LITHUANIA'S REFINERY LOOKS TO VENEZUELA TO BALANCE
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nelson English, General Manager of the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery in the Baltics, told the Charge that his company is considering a supply deal with the Venezuelan state-owned oil [...]
2006-03-03 12:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL LH VE RS
06VILNIUS228BALTIC STATES AGREE ON A NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The prime ministers of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania declared their support February 27 for a common Baltic and EU energy policy and elaborated objectives for long-term Baltic energy cooperation. The common energy policy the PMs endorsed anticipates construction of a new nuclear [...]
2006-03-03 16:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV BEXP LH EN LG
06VILNIUS233 AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STRONG BILATERAL
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on February 28 to discuss regional development, promote student travel to the United States, and pay a courtesy call on Lithuania's new Air Force Commander. The Ambassador highlighted our strong bilateral relation [...]
2006-03-06 10:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
06VILNIUS278ELECTION EVE DUSTUP IN LITHUANIA-BELARUS RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lithuanian-Belarusian relations are tense on the eve of the March 19 elections. The decision by the Minsk regime to deny visas to six Lithuanian MPs who planned to observe the elections led Parliament to pass a resolution condemning the Lukashenko government. The Lithuanian Fo [...]
2006-03-17 14:09:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BO LH
06VILNIUS279EUR DAS KRAMER AND EU REPS COORDINATE BELARUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS David Kramer participated in an informal meeting on Belarus with EU officials and representatives from EU capitals March 14 in Vilnius. The participants agreed that the USG and the EU will coordinate their statements and actions in the immediate post-election period. EU [...]
2006-03-17 14:27:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET RS UP BO KZ LH
06VILNIUS284GOL TO FOCUS ON BELARUS DURING MARCH 20 FOREIGN
[...] (C) We delivered points in reftel A to Tomas Gulbinas, head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, March 16. Gulbinas, who is traveling with the Foreign Minister to the meeting, said that he would consider our points before the Minister's pre-brief March 17, but that he did [...]
2006-03-17 15:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD LH BL
06VILNIUS29LITHUANIA'S ECONOMIC BOOM: IS THE END NIGH?
[...] SUMMARY: Lithuania's impressive economic growth continued in 2005. Wage increases, rising energy prices, and strong domestic consumption contributed to inflationary pressure, but a government budget surplus, improved credit rating, and a shrinking current account deficit indicate prudent eco [...]
2006-01-12 15:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD LH
06VILNIUS30 LITHUANIA PUSHES TO RETAIN/REBUILD NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuanian authorities are using the recent Russia-Ukraine gas dispute as an action-forcing event to build a new nuclear power plant and, possibly, to seek EU permission to keep the Soviet-era Ignalina plant online until a new facility is complete. Expectations are low that Bruss [...]
2006-01-12 15:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON LH
06VILNIUS355RUSSIAN BANKER BABENKO'S PRISON TIME EXTENDED;
[...] A Vilnius court extended the imprisonment of former Russian banker Igor Babenko for three months on April 7. After the Vilnius court ruled on September 8, 2005, to extradite Babenko (reftel),the Migration Department subsequently granted asylum status on January 30. The Prosecutor General app [...]
2006-04-12 10:27:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ENRG EFIN KCRM KJUS PHUM LH RS
06VILNIUS357PARLIAMENT OUSTS SPEAKER IN LATEST LITHUANIAN
[...] (C) The Lithuanian parliament removed Speaker Arturas Paulauskas April 11 in an overwhelming vote of no confidence that resulted in his New Union party's departure from the ruling coalition. It appears the remaining three coalition partners will succeed in retaining control of the government [...]
2006-04-12 13:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
06VILNIUS36LITHUANIA SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 14:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP AORC LH
06VILNIUS367LITHUANIA: THREE-PARTY COALITION REGROUPS
[...] (C) Summary. Leaders of Lithuania's Social Democrat, Labor, and Farmers parties signed an agreement April 12 to govern as a coalition following Parliament's removal of parliamentary chairman Paulauskas and the withdrawal of his New Union party from the government. Under the agreement, Prime [...]
2006-04-14 15:06:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
06VILNIUS376LITHUANIAN COALITION LOSES ITS MAJORITY, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A member of Lithuania's ruling coalition, Kazys Bobelis, withdrew from his party April 20, depriving the coalition government of a clear majority in the Parliament. This move comes nine days after the parliament removed its speaker, prompting the speaker's Nw Union (Social Liber [...]
2006-04-20 15:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
06VILNIUS379PROSECUTORS APPEAL SENTENCING OF CONVICTED NAZI
[...] Lithuania,s Prosecutor General,s Office appealed on April 14 the lack of a sentence for convicted Nazi collaborator Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. The 85 year-old Dailide was convicted of crimes against Jews for his collaboration with the Nazis on March 27, but the court imposed no sentence due [...]
2006-04-21 14:08:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM CPAS LH
06VILNIUS42CODEL SENSENBRENNER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
[...] Summary: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, discussed Lithuania's Visa Waiver Program (VWP) prospects and expressed U.S. appreciation for Lithuania's support in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in meetings with President Adamkus and other senior off [...]
2006-01-18 13:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CVIS OVIP LH
06VILNIUS422LITHUANIA DISPUTES PIRACY STATS, BUT EAGER TO IMPROVE IPR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Culture on April 28 that this year's Special 301 Review again put Lithuania on the Watch List. Our Ministry of Culture contact questioned the sources of information the Review's authors used, but added that the G [...]
2006-05-09 10:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR LH
06VILNIUS429LITHUANIA: CAN'T YET CONFIRM SUPPORT FOR SMALLPOX
[...] (SBU) We spoke with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) on the importance of maintaining the U.S./Russian smallpox repositories in light of the upcoming May 22-27 discussions on the smallpox resolution at the World Health Assembly (WHA). The head of the MOH' [...]
2006-05-10 14:25:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC TBIO LH
06VILNIUS431LABOR PARTY SPLITS, COALITION KEEPS IT TOGETHER
[...] (C) Eight members of parliament, including the newly elected Speaker, withdrew from the Labor Party May 2 and 3, formed a new parliamentary group, and promised to support the ruling coalition of which they are no longer officially members. Over four hundred Labor Party members followed the pa [...]
2006-05-10 14:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
06VILNIUS438 LITHUANIA APPRECIATES USG ANNOUNCEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION
[...] We spoke on May 9 with Viktoras Meizis, head of the Ministry of Health's International Relations Division about the USG's announcement of the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. Meizis said he appreciated this information and that he found the "pandemicflu.gov [...]
2006-05-12 10:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KPAO SENV LH
06VILNIUS45 LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]
2006-01-30 09:32:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS450LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON MAINTAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 10:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC TBIO LH
06VILNIUS459POLISH COMPANY SURGING IN BID TO BUY LITHUANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish energy company PKN Orlen has emerged as the frontrunner to secure a controlling interest in Lithuania's oil refinery, according to a reliable government source. Court challenges in the United States and Netherlands continue and may yet derail the sale of the refinery. [...]
2006-05-18 14:09:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV ETRD NL RS LH
06VILNIUS470LITHUANIA'S RULING COALITION ENCOUNTERS MORE TROUBLE
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's three-party governing coalition is defending itself against yet another challenge to its rule, even as a new party is maneuvering to join. New Parliament Speaker Viktoras Muntianas is leading the new Civil Democracy Party bid for coalition membership, demanding a cabinet seat [...]
2006-05-23 07:30:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV LH
06VILNIUS473DISTRICT COURT OVERTURNS RUSSIAN BANKER BABENKO'S
[...] Vilnius District Administrative Court revoked on May 22 the Migration Department's decision granting Russian banker Igor Babenko asylum in Lithuania. Babenko has seven days to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court. Barring an appeal, the ruling sets the stage for the Vilnius Appeals Co [...]
2006-05-23 12:54:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ENRG EFIN KCRM PHUM LH RS
06VILNIUS479GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRUST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 12:33:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS480GOL TO ENGAGE KYRGYSTAN ON MANAS AIRFIELD,
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Vytautas Leskevicius, Head of the MFA's NATO Division, May 24, and asked the GOL to urge Kyrgystan to allow continued access to Manas airfield. Leskevicius said that this is an important issue for all ISAF coalition partners, and that Lithuania would try to fin [...]
2006-05-24 12:34:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS PREL LH UZ
06VILNIUS483GOL NEGOTIATING UKRAINIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF UP LH
06VILNIUS487(C) LITHUANIA'S ISAF PRT (C-RE6-00473)
[...] (C) This cable responds to reftel's questions about host country's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan. -------------------------------- GOL COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT -------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOL remains committed to leading the PRT in Ghor Provin [...]
2006-05-26 11:25:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF PINR MASS MOPS PTER LH
06VILNIUS499GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 EURO CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 09:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS502LITHUANIA'S GOVERNING COALITION COLLAPSES
[...] (C) Lithuania's ruling coalition collapsed on May 31 when its biggest member, the Labor Party, withdrew. PM Brazauskas and President Adamkus met today to discuss next steps. Multiple sources indicate the PM has tendered his resignation, although the PM has not made a public announcement. We [...]
2006-05-31 13:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
06VILNIUS51(C) GOL DENIES EXPORT LICENSE FOR IRANIAN HELO
[...] (C) Martynas Lukosevicius of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and Disarmament Division informed us January 19 that the GOL would refuse the Lithuanian firm Avia Baltika's request for a license to broker helicopter training in Russia for Iranian pilots (ref C). The decision of gover [...]
2006-01-20 13:24:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKSTC PARM PREL ETTC MASS IR RS LH
06VILNIUS511INTERIM GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER IN LITHUANIA
[...] (C) Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas handed a letter of resignation to the President Valdas Adamkus on June 1, following the May 31 withdrawal of the Labor Party and its five ministers from the ruling coalition (reftel). Brazauskas's Cabinet remains in place on an interim basis wi [...]
2006-06-02 13:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
06VILNIUS5202006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) We delivered Lithuania's 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) narrative and tier ranking to Lina Gubreviciute of the MFA's Americas Section on June 5. Gubreviciute thanked us for the courtesy copy and reiterated Lithuania's commitment to combat trafficking in persons. She said that Lithu [...]
2006-06-06 12:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL LH
06VILNIUS522GAERC: GOL TO RAISE EURO, ENLARGEMENT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division, June 6. Gulbinas told us that the June 12 GAERC would concentrate less on external affairs and more on "future of Europe" questions. Lithuania plans to intervene, he said, to enc [...]
2006-06-06 13:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS523(C) PM BRAZAUSKAS'S PRE-RESIGNATION FAREWELL
[...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, during the Ambassador's May 30 farewell call, outlined his five-year plan to increase defense spending and affirmed his commitment to Jewish property restitution. The Ambassador noted the GOL's tremendous contribution to the Global war On Ter [...]
2006-06-06 14:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH RS
06VILNIUS526LITHUANIA: RAINBOW COALITION PROVES ELUSIVE
[...] (C) Lithuania's Social Democratic and Conservative Parties are working to form a ruling coalition, either separately or together, in the wake of the June 1 collapse of the Government of Lithuania (refs a and b). The President, favoring a rainbow coalition government, continues to consult with [...]
2006-06-07 13:51:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS529GOL CONSIDERING FUTURE NRF CONTRIBUTIONS; TAPPED
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points urging additional pledges to the NATO Response Force (NRF) to Undersecretary of Defense Renatas Norkus on June 6. Norkus told us he appreciates the recently announced U.S. contributions to "rescue" the NRF and agreed that all allies will have to contribute more t [...]
2006-06-08 13:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO LH
06VILNIUS53WORKING WITH THE BRAZAUSKAS GOVERNMENT: LOOKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, we laid out a plan to strategically engage the newly elected coalition government headed by veteran politician Algirdas Brazauskas (reftel). Despite political tumult within the coalition, we succeeded in enlisting the new government to support key U.S. objectives, [...]
2006-01-20 14:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH
06VILNIUS533LITHUANIA: NO CHANGES TO INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] We are aware of no reportable instances of expropriation or nationalization of the assets or property of U.S. persons in Lithuania. We recommend that the Lithuania section of the 2006 Report of US Citizen Expropriation Claims adopt the same language as the 2005 report: -- The United States [...]
2006-06-09 09:37:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE LH
06VILNIUS538LITHUANIA: EUROPEAN COUNCIL TO MAKE STATEMENT ON
[...] (S) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division on June 9. Gulbinas told us that Lithuania strongly agrees with United States on both the need for a common public EU position on Iran and the need to broaden discussion on Iran beyond Iran [...]
2006-06-09 13:18:00Embassy VilniusSECRETUN KPAL PREL LH IR
06VILNIUS540LITHUANIA HOLDS SUB-MINISTERIAL LEVEL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary. Subcabinet-level officials from the Lithuanian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries held annual bilateral meetings June 1-3. Discussions focused on the impending increase in visa fees for Belarusians, the closure of Lithuania's consulate in Grodno, and economic and environmental is [...]
2006-06-09 14:11:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH BO
06VILNIUS541LITHUANIA: REACH DIRECTIVE COSTLY, INEVITABLE
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points on USG views regarding the draft versions of the REACH Directive to the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economy on June 1. We also delivered a copy of the points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Trade Division. 2. (SBU) The Chief Officer of th [...]
2006-06-12 06:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BEXP LH
06VILNIUS549PRESSURE BUILDS TO CONSTRUCT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-placed source says that a two-year French plan to convince the GOL to build a French-designed nuclear power plant is succeeding. According to this account, the French have persuaded many of Lithuania's political leaders of the need to build a nuclear power plant as soon a [...]
2006-06-13 13:22:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV ECON LH FR
06VILNIUS555LITHUANIA CONSIDERING COMMENTS ON ICANN
[...] We delivered reftel points June 6 encouraging interested parties to submit comments as part of the National Telecommunications and Information Center's (NTIA) public consultation process on the role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to the GOL's Communications R [...]
2006-06-15 13:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC LH
06VILNIUS561JUSTICE MINISTER PROMISES NO CHANGE IN STATEGIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's acting Minister of Justice Gintautas Buzinskas, during the Ambassador's June 9 farewell call, said that there will be no slippage in the GOL's commitment to Jewish property restitution. He also thanked the United States for its excellent law enforcement cooperation. [...]
2006-06-15 13:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KNAR LH
06VILNIUS562LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES SOCIAL DEMOCRAT FOR
[...] (SBU) President Valdas Adamkus nominated Social Democrat and acting Prime Minister Zigmantas Balcytis for the post of Prime Minister on June 15. Parliament needs to vote on the nomination before June 22, and may vote as early as June 20. The Social Democratic parliamentary bloc has not yet bee [...]
2006-06-15 13:42:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS568 LITHUANIA: KRAFT FOOD'S CORPORATE EXCELLENCE
[...] Summary: Mission Vilnius nominates Kraft Foods Lithuania for the Corporate Excellence Award in the multinational enterprise (MNE) category. In advancing this nomination, we highlight the enormous contributions Kraft Foods Lithuania has made to Lithuania's business culture and society at large [...]
2006-06-19 07:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BEXP LH
06VILNIUS570PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Muntianas, during the Ambassador's June 6 farewell call, expressed hope that a government coalition uniting Lithuania's political left and right will soon emerge. He declared his willingness to move Jewish property restitution forward a [...]
2006-06-19 10:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH
06VILNIUS573LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT: EU INCOMPLETE WITHOUT TURKEY
[...] (SBU) President Adamkus argued for the eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union in a June 17 interview with Turkish newspaper Miliyet, according to the Lithuanian press. Adamkus plans to make an official visit to Turkey later this week, where he will meet President Sezer, PM Erdogan, [...]
2006-06-19 13:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LH TU
06VILNIUS581PARLIAMENT REJECTS SOCIAL DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (SBU) The Lithuanian Parliament today rejected Acting Prime Minister Zigmantas Balcytis's candidacy for prime minister. Fifty-two MPs supported the Social Democrat's candidacy, 48 voted against, and 32 abstained; his appointment required a simple majority of those present (67 votes). The Pre [...]
2006-06-20 13:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS584JEWISH CEMETERY IN VILNIUS - OVERVIEW AND UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The newest front in Lithuania's struggle to come to terms with its troubled past is a Jewish cemetery that Russian Czars closed in 1830 and which they and the Soviets largely destroyed. The site, known as the Snipiskes cemetery, has attracted the fervent interest of the Committee for th [...]
2006-06-21 14:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KNAR LH
06VILNIUS591LITHUANIA RESPONSIVE TO TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our interlocutors here positively appraised the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and reftel points. The report,s recommendations have already inspired the GOL to implement measures to improve anti-trafficking efforts. The GOL is also working on a comprehensive strateg [...]
2006-06-23 09:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG LH
06VILNIUS597LITHUANIA TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 13:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAF AORC NATO LH
06VILNIUS606LITHUANIA HOPES FOR WTO AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 07:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWTRO ETRD ECON LH
06VILNIUS610LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT NOMINATES DEFENSE MINISTER AS
[...] (SBU) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus nominated acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister June 28. The parliament held hearings on the nomination June 29 and will vote on Kirkilas's candidacy as early as July 4. The Social Democrats and Conservatives appea [...]
2006-06-29 14:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR LH
06VILNIUS618TWO RUSSIAN OIL SUPPLIERS CANCEL JULY CRUDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RosNeft and Vitol have cancelled their crude shipments to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) for July, leaving the refinery with only half of the crude it expected to process this month. The shortfall will affect Latvia and Estonia as well as Lithuania. MN, which curre [...]
2006-07-03 13:46:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPREL EPET ECON LH RU VE
06VILNIUS620PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES KIRKILAS AS PRIME
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament overwhelmingly approved Acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister on July 4. The Social Democrat must submit the government's program and his proposed cabinet to the parliament by July 19, but may do so sooner. Zigmantas Balcytis wi [...]
2006-07-05 11:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV LH
06VILNIUS622LITHUANIA ENGAGES ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has sought in recent months to increasingly engage the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan to encourage democratic change and deeper Euro-integration. The Lithuanians view this engagement as a logical progression of the neighborhood policy that they pursue with Ukraine [...]
2006-07-05 12:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALLH PREL AM AZ
06VILNIUS623PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER CONDEMN JEWISH CEMETERY VANDALISM
[...] (U) Vandals tore down 22 monuments at a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius on June 24. President Valdas Adamkus, acting Prime Minister Zigmantas Balcytis, and Vilnius City mayor Arturas Zuokas publicly condemned the desecration and urged local law enforcement to find and punish the perpetrators. The [...]
2006-07-05 13:08:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNAR PHUM PGOV LH
06VILNIUS637LITHUANIA SEEKS TO LINK UP WITH POLISH AND SWEDISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Plans to link Lithuania to the electricity grids of Poland and Sweden are moving forward, according to several well-placed sources. These links would complement the nearly complete Estonia-Finland power bridge and hook the Baltics into Western Europe's electricity grid for the fi [...]
2006-07-07 11:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL PGOV LH PL SW
06VILNIUS645LITHUANIAN OIL REFINERY CONTINUES SEARCH FOR CRUDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Well-placed GOL officials told us July 10 that Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) was on the brink of signing a contract with TNK-BP to bring a shipment of crude from Primorsk via tanker to MN's Baltic Sea terminal. MN's general manager (protect) says that MN is still [...]
2006-07-11 13:55:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL ECON LH RU
06VILNIUS663LITHUANIA TO RAISE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AT JULY 17
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division on July 14. Gulbinas told us that the July 17 GAERC will concentrate on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency as discussed in the EU political Director's July 6 meeting in Helsin [...]
2006-07-14 14:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS67 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW LITHUANIAN PROSECUTOR
[...] Ambassador Mull and Lithuania's new Prosecutor General Algimantas Valantinas agreed January 17 to continue close bilateral cooperation in law enforcement and legal assistance, particularly to surmounting problems that may arise in extradition cases. The Ambassador thanked Valantinas for his [...]
2006-01-24 10:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KNEI ASEC LG LH
06VILNIUS671GHOR, AFGHANISTAN: A LITHUANIAN VIEW
[...] (C) Lithuania's MFA representative to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Ghor province, Afghanistan, Dainus Baublys, debriefed us on Lithuania's goals and challenges there. He told us that security was stable, as the PRT had good relations with the three local "warlords" who are (hel [...]
2006-07-18 12:00:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL AF LH
06VILNIUS675LITHUANIA'S 14TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE AS
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament approved Prime Minister- designate Gediminas Kirkilas's government program and cabinet July 18 by a vote of 59 to 49. Support came from the coalition of 53 MPs with additional support from three Labor members and three Homeland Union (conservative) members in the [...]
2006-07-18 13:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS682U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...]
2006-07-19 13:21:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS686LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MOLDOVA IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Lithuania strongly supports the U.S. position on the Transnistrian referendum and will continue to raise Transnistria in its dialogue with Russian on frozen conflicts (reftel). Lithuania considers Moldova one of the primary focuses of its neighborhood policy, and has recently engaged both [...]
2006-07-20 13:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL LH MD
06VILNIUS698RUSSIA DENIES VISAS TO LITHUANIAN STUDENTS WISHING TO HONOR
[...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Vilnius denied visas on July 21 to members of a local youth organization that planned to visit the Siberian graves of Soviet-era Lithuanian deportees. The Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations (LiJOT) planned the expedition to the Krasnoyarsk region, where Sovi [...]
2006-07-27 11:15:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM LH RU
06VILNIUS705LITHUANIAN AND BELARUSIAN AIR FORCE COMMANDERS
[...] (C) Lithuanian Air Force Commander Arturas Leita invited Belarus's Air Force Commander Oleg Paferov to Lithuania to discuss an alleged June 19 border incursion by a Belarusian helicopter into Lithuanian territory, an event which Belarus denies. The Lithuanian side was seeking an explanation fo [...]
2006-07-31 14:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BO LH
06VILNIUS707LITHUANIA: FINNISH PRESIDENCY OK TO INVITE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 14:55:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM LH BU
06VILNIUS711REFINERY'S PROBLEMS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The problems Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) is facing in obtaining crude supplies are unlikely to cause a major economic crisis here, according to several public and private sector officials and analysts. Although the refinery is Lithuania's largest economic entity [...]
2006-08-01 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL LH RU
06VILNIUS727LITHUANIA'S CHOICE: FIGHT OR SURRENDER ITS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Lithuania and its Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery need to decide how to proceed, now that an "accident" has resulted in a complete cutoff in the refinery's pipeline-delivered supply of Russian crude. State Department Advisor Steve Hellman framed this issue for the Lithuanians d [...]
2006-08-04 15:12:00Embassy VilniusSECRETENRG ECON PREL LH XG VE LY
06VILNIUS739LITHUANIA SEEKING TO EXPAND SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) The GOL recently sponsored a pair of visits between Afghanistan and Lithuania aimed at shoring up support in both countries for its Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. Ghor's Governor and a delegation of Afghan parliamentarians came to Vilnius for meetings [...]
2006-08-09 09:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LH AF
06VILNIUS760INVESTMENT PROSPECTING IN MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN: ONE
[...] SUMMARY: An executive from one of Lithuania's largest companies visited Afghanistan in July to scout for business and investment opportunities. Part of a larger GOL delegation, he split from the group for a few days to visit a fertilizer factory in Mazar-e-Sharif that his company had assisted [...]
2006-08-11 12:30:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PREL ETRD LH AF
06VILNIUS762LITHUANIAN PM PUSHES UKRAINE'S YANUKOVICH ON EU,
[...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas interrupted his holidays August 10 to sell NATO, EU and WTO integration to Ukraine's newly appointed PM Victor Yanukovich. MFA officials present for the meeting called Yanukovich's "open" reaction to their points on EU and, especially, NATO in [...]
2006-08-11 14:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH UP
06VILNIUS773LITHUANIA WILL MAKE MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL,
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On the margins of the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ceremony August 17, top Lithuanian foreign policy planners expressed Lithuania's willingness in some way to contribute to UNIFIL. Ambassador delive [...]
2006-08-17 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE LH
06VILNIUS787LITHUANIA FOLLOWING KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 08:05:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI LH
06VILNIUS789PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...]
2006-08-23 12:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS793LITHUANIA'S FINAL ANSWER: NO TROOPS TO UNIFIL
[...] (U) Classified By: Pol/Econ Chief Rebecca Dunham for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Lithuania will not be making troop contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),despite earlier indications of its serious desire to do so. Lithuania's Ministers of Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-08-24 13:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LH LE
06VILNIUS803LITHUANIA WILL STICK TO EU GUIDANCE ON RICE
[...] (C) Zenonas Stanevicius, Deputy Director of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS),told us August 25 that Lithuania will adhere strictly to any EU guidelines regarding genetically engineered products, including rice. He said that U.S.-produced rice amounted to slightly less then one pe [...]
2006-08-28 12:30:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO LH
06VILNIUS806LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF CHANGES TO EU DATA PROTECTION REGIME
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 08:31:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR