Luxembourg, 28/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The day before the External Relations Council meeting on Tuesday 29 April 2008, Lithuania said it was not prepared to consent to adoption of the negotiating mandate for a new strengthened partnership agreement with Russia until Lithuania's demands have been met (see EUROPE 9651). Our position has not yet been fully taken into account and I am prepared to call for the question of the mandate for the EU-Russia negotiations to be removed from the agenda,...