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We are well aware of the progress that should be made in certain areas in order to meet the criteria set for the membership: air defence, command, control and communication, logistics and infrastructure.

— Valdas Adamkus Address at the NATO Council (1998)

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Today we do not want the security and stability in Europe to be based on self-reliance and defensive barriers.

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My country knows from her own experience how powerful and instrumental solidarity can be.

Speech at the United Nations General Assembly (2002)

In the past, heads of state designed the security maps of Europe and of the world as they saw it fit. This practise of the past should never repeat itself.

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Therefore, we need the ability to engage with each other, and a strategic and value-based approach to our future.

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I was among those who could take advantage of the possibilities offered by free society, and also share its responsibilities.

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