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Photos from the Ministerial Council 2011: Handshakes Ceremony

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Mario Nobilo, State Secretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, of the Republic of Croatia, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Matej Marn, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Drahoš Štefánek, Director General for European and Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Ambassador Giulio Tonini of Italy, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Ambassador Amr Helmy, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Ambassador Genvieve Renaux of Belgium, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Ambassador Kobiljon Nazarov of Uzbekistan, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Yutaka Iimura, Special Representative of the Government of Japan for the Middle East and Europe, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Kevin Rudd, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Villy Søvndal, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Aurelia Frick, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Dinara Kemelova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Zandanshatar Gombojav, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Mongolia, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Lucinda Creighton, Minister of State for European Affairs of Ireland, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets Avigdor Lieberman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, greets OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, at the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council, Vilnius, 6 December 2011.
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18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius, 6-7 December 2011

Date Date:
6 December 2011
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