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ARMENIA TO OPEN EMBASSY TO LITHUANIA NEXT YEAR
Baltic News Service
November 19, 2008 Wednesday 3:06 PM EET
Armenia plans to open an embassy to Lithuania next year. "It is a
specific move that will facilitate possibilities for the cooperation of
businessmen, artists and youth," Lithuania's acting Foreign Minister
Petras Vaitiekunas said at a meeting with his Armenian colleague,
Edvard Nalbandian, in Vilnius on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Embassy to
Armenia was opened in October 2007 and started issuing Lithuanian
visas in the fall of 2008. During the meeting, Nalbandian applauded
the active development of relations with Lithuania, signature of the
key agreements between the two countries, however, noted the failure
to make full use of the potential of trade and economic cooperation,
the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said in a press release. The
Armenian diplomat also stressed the significance of treaties with
the European Union (EU) on free trade and facilitated travels. In
his words, Armenia is searching for possibilities to facilitate the
visa regime for Lithuanian citizens. Lithuania and Armenia now have
visa requirements for travels of their citizens. Vilnius newsroom,
+370 5 2058509, [email protected]
Baltic News Service
November 19, 2008 Wednesday 3:06 PM EET
Armenia plans to open an embassy to Lithuania next year. "It is a
specific move that will facilitate possibilities for the cooperation of
businessmen, artists and youth," Lithuania's acting Foreign Minister
Petras Vaitiekunas said at a meeting with his Armenian colleague,
Edvard Nalbandian, in Vilnius on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Embassy to
Armenia was opened in October 2007 and started issuing Lithuanian
visas in the fall of 2008. During the meeting, Nalbandian applauded
the active development of relations with Lithuania, signature of the
key agreements between the two countries, however, noted the failure
to make full use of the potential of trade and economic cooperation,
the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said in a press release. The
Armenian diplomat also stressed the significance of treaties with
the European Union (EU) on free trade and facilitated travels. In
his words, Armenia is searching for possibilities to facilitate the
visa regime for Lithuanian citizens. Lithuania and Armenia now have
visa requirements for travels of their citizens. Vilnius newsroom,
+370 5 2058509, [email protected]