25/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The President of the Committee of the Regions, Jos Chabert, is on a round of Lithuania, Latvia and Kaliningrad, from 23 to 27 July. He is thus continuing his rounds of countries candidates for European membership so as to "listen to the concerns of the local and regional authorities of these countries in the framework of their preparations for accession", the Committee stressed in a press release.