On October 17 and 18, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian paid an official visit to Lithuania.

There, he held meetings with Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus (above), Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis (below), the Deputy Speaker of the Liithuanian Parliament, Ceslovas Jursenas, and National Security Minister Gediminas Kirkilas.

Throughout the various meetings, discussions focused on bilateral relations, regional developments, as well as Euro-integration processes. In the context of bilateral relations, they explored ways in which Lithuania may be helpful to Armenia in its Euro-integration processes. In that context, Lithuania's initiative to organize a meeting in Brussels in December with the foreign ministers of the three Caucasus and the three Baltic states was considered to be a positive step.

The two foreign ministers signed a Joint Declaration on Regional Cooperation and Assistance on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.

Foreign Minister Oskanian also addressed students and faculty of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science. He met with members of the Armenian community.

He also visited the Lithuanian Museum of Genocide and Resistance, which includes a section devoted to the Armenian Genocide.