President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė visited NATO Headquarters
Tuesday, August 25, Brussels - President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė visited NATO Headquarters and met with NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels. President was welcomed by Ambassador Linas Linkevicius and the staff of Lithuania’s Delegation to NATO. President Grybauskaitė was explicitly assured by NATO's Secretary General A. F. Rasmussen that NATO air policing mission in Lithuania and other Baltic States will be continued until 2001 and, most likely, beyond. The Head of State underlined the shaping of NATO's new strategic concept by the end of the next year must be built on Article V of the Treaty of Washington as a fundamental principle. According to the President, the emergence of new threats and a changed global security situation must be taken into consideration when applying this principle. President Grybauskaitė also stressed Lithuania was expecting concrete plans as to how NATO intends to defend our country and other Baltic States. The Head of State assured NATO's Secretary General of Lithuania's continued engagement in international security missions in Afghanistan but pointed out the need for NATO Member States to cooperate more closely in searching for additional sources of financing if successful operation of the Ghor Provisional Reconstruction Group is to be ensured.
Tuesday, August 25, Brussels - President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė visited NATO Headquarters and met with NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels. President was welcomed by Ambassador Linas Linkevicius and the staff of Lithuania’s Delegation to NATO.
President Grybauskaitė was explicitly assured by NATO's Secretary General A. F. Rasmussen that NATO air policing mission in Lithuania and other Baltic States will be continued until 2001 and, most likely, beyond.
The Head of State underlined the shaping of NATO's new strategic concept by the end of the next year must be built on Article V of the Treaty of Washington as a fundamental principle. According to the President, the emergence of new threats and a changed global security situation must be taken into consideration when applying this principle.
President Grybauskaitė also stressed Lithuania was expecting concrete plans as to how NATO intends to defend our country and other Baltic States.
The Head of State assured NATO's Secretary General of Lithuania's continued engagement in international security missions in Afghanistan but pointed out the need for NATO Member States to cooperate more closely in searching for additional sources of financing if successful operation of the Ghor Provisional Reconstruction Group is to be ensured.
