Lietuva in brief - 2011-04-21

On April 15 at the North Atlantic Council meeting in Berlin, the reform of NATO’s partnership package was approved that will enable NATO to have more efficient and flexible partnership policy, says Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis, reports ELTA. The newly approved package includes the following new guidelines: complemented strategic tasks, priority cooperation areas, greater role of partners in the decision-making process. The North Atlantic Council meeting, which was also attended by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, focused on cooperation between NATO and the European Union. On the same day, the participants of the meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission in Berlin discussed the security situation in the South Caucasus. Participants at the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission discussed the situation in Ukraine and explored priorities for future cooperation. At the NATO-Russia Council meeting, participants exchanged opinions on the situation in Libya, presented the results of the NATO-led operation, discussed the issue of missile defense, talked about cooperation in the fight against terrorism and announced the launch of a trust fund for helicopters in Afghanistan.