Baku. October 8 the Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas
Olekas will visit Baku officially, the press service of the Defense Ministry of
Azerbaijan said. During the visit, he
will hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Zakir Hasanov and visit a
number of military installations. During
the three-day visit, issues of bilateral cooperation in the military sphere
will be discussed.
In turn, sources in the Foreign Ministry
of Azerbaijan reported on the upcoming visit of the Foreign Minister of
Lithuania Linas Linkevicius to Azerbaijan on October 21. During the visit, Linkevicius will visit
Shamkir, which will host the fourth meeting of the Azerbaijani-Lithuanian
intergovernmental commission. The sides will discuss issues of cooperation in
trade, economic, humanitarian and other spheres. The sides are expected to sign an agreement
under which Shamkir and Shaulay will become sister cities.
October 15-16, the Minister of Transport
of Lithuania Rimantas Sinkevicius is expected to arrive in Baku. The purpose of
the visit is to discuss cooperation in the field of transport and
communications.