Press Releases 2006

Vice President Cheney

Vice President Cheney Travels to Lithuania, Kazakhstan, and Croatia

Vice President Cheney travelled to Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 4, 2006 to address a summit of leaders of the Baltic and Black Sea regions. He has since concluded his stay in Vilnius and continued on his three nation tour. President Bush asked Vice President Cheney to join the leaders from Europe at the summit to emphasize the importance of the region's democratic transformation and to advance the President's Freedom Agenda. President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania and President Lech Kaczynski of Poland cohosted the summit, United States Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Daniel Fried attended, and the summit included discussions on a range of regional issues. In addition to his address, the Vice President met bilaterally with leaders from the region.

The President has also asked the Vice President to visit Kazakhstan to meet with President Nazarbayev to strengthen our bilateral relationship on the basis of our shared strategic interests and desire to promote democratic reform and economic development. Subsequently, the Vice President will travel to Croatia to meet with its leadership, as well as to hold multilateral discussions with the leaders of the Adriatic Charter Countries: Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia.