In the last week of February the newly appointed special OSCE representative of the Lithuanian Chairmanship in OSCE on the protracted conflicts Giedrius Cekuolis is going to pay a visit to the South Caucasus. This was reported by Trend at the Permanent Mission of Lithuania in OSCE.

During the current visit Cekuolis will visit Baku and Yerevan. The details of the visit are still being coordinated.

As reported earlier by IA REGNUM, Lithuania, that started the Chairmanship earlier this year, considers the issue of full support to the processes of addressing the “frozen” conflicts as the priority task within the framework of the Organisation on safety and cooperation in Europe.

Besides, as stated by Giedrius Cekuolis, the state could hardly provoke a revolution in addressing the protracted conflicts during the period of its presidency. “The main goal is to create a stable environment for contacts and the dialogue leading to the resolution of the protracted conflicts in a civilized and peaceful way”, - he said.

Material has been prepared by the Centre of Geopolitical Studies with reference to the article from «IA Regnum» of 10 01 2011

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.