Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus arrives for the cultural event at Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, April 3, 2009. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance is celebrating its 60th anniversary this week at a summit co-hosted by Germany and France. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY) 

Bulgaria's President Georgy Parvanov (L) Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (C) and Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus arrive for the working dinner for NATO heads of state and government in Baden-Baden, April 3, 2009. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance is celebrating its 60th anniversary this week at a summit co-hosted by Germany and France. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY POLITICS MILITARY) 

Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus (C) stands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her husband Joachim Sauer, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L-R) before the cultural event at Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, April 3, 2009. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military alliance is celebrating its 60th anniversary this week at a summit co-hosted by Germany and France. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) and his Austria's counterpart Heinz Fischer speak during a news conference in Vilnius March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA POLITICS) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus talks with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vilnius March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA POLITICS) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus and his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer pose to media in Vilnius March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (L) and his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer inspect honour guards in Vilnius March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) welcomes his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vilnius March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) greets his Austria's counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vilnius March 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in Vilnius December 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (LITHUANIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in Vilnius December 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (LITHUANIA) 

Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L), Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus attend news conference in Sausti, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Tallinn November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA) 

Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (L) listens as Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus speaks during a news conference in Sausti, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Tallinn November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA) 

Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L), Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (C) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus attend a news conference in Sausti, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Tallinn November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA) 

Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L), Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (C) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus attend a news conference in Sausti, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Tallinn November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA) 

Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (R), Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (C) attend their annual meeting in Sausti, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Tallinn November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA) 

Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (L), Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (C) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus attend a news conference in Sausti, about 20 km (12 miles) from capital Tallinn November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (ESTONIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) and his Latvian counterpart Valdis Zarlers attend a public ceremony in Riga November 18, 2008. Latvia is celebrating it's 90th anniversary of independence on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA) 

Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (R) speaks as his counterparts, Latvia's Valdis Zatlers (C) and Lithuania's Valdas Adamkus, listen during a public ceremony in Riga November 18, 2008. Latvia is celebrating it's 90th anniversary of independence on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA) 

Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers (R) and his counterparts, Lithuania's Valdas Adamkus and Estonia's Toomas Hendrik Ilves, greet the audience after a public ceremony in Riga November 18, 2008. Latvia is celebrating it's 90th anniversary of independence on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus listens during the first session of a new parliament (Seimas) in Vilnius November 17, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus speaks during the first session of a new parliament (Seimas) in Vilnius November 17, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

Poland's President Lech Kaczynski chats with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (C) during the 90th anniversary of Polish Independence Day celebrations in Warsaw November 11, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND) 

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L), Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic (2nd L bottom row), Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (L, top row), Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (C, top row), Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R bottom row) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R bottom row) attend celebrations for the 90th anniversary of Polish Independence Day in Warsaw November 11, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND) 

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L, Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (centre L), Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (C), Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre R) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) attend the 90th anniversary of Polish Independence Day celebrations in Warsaw November 11, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels November 7, 2008. EU heads of states and governments are set to call on Friday for next week's global finance summit in Washington to launch rapid reforms to prevent a fresh outbreak of the credit crisis that has rocked the world economy. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus arrives at the EU council headquarters on the second day of a two-day European Union summit in Brussels October 16, 2008. EU leaders were to delay on Thursday a decision on when to restart talks with Russia on a partnership pact, suspended after Russia's incursion into Georgia in August, officials said. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus casts his vote during general elections in Vilnius October 12, 2008. Lithuanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday with double digit inflation fuelling fears their small economy could be swamped by the global financial crisis. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LITHUANIA) 

U.S. President George W. Bush meets with his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 29, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during his meeting with President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 29, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) meets with his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 29, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) 

U.S. President George W. Bush meets with his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 29, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus
addresses the 63rd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks with Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) at a European Union leaders emergency summit in Brussels September 1, 2008. The EU will put its ties with Russia under review due to Moscow's intervention in Georgia and the bloc could also consider whether to continue some areas of dialogue, a draft EU leaders summit declaration said. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM) 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus arrive to their meeting in Vilnius August 26, 2008. Merkel is on a one-day official visit to discuss regional security issues as well as the situation in Georgia. REUTERS/Stringer (LITHUANIA) 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) shakes hands with Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus in Vilnius August 26, 2008. Merkel is on a one-day official visit to discuss regional security issues as well as the situation in Georgia. REUTERS/Stringer (LITHUANIA) 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) gestures as Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus listens during news conference in Vilnius August 26, 2008. Merkel is on a one-day official visit to discuss regional security issues as well as the situation in Georgia. REUTERS/Stringer (LITHUANIA) 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus pose for media in Vilnius August 26, 2008. Merkel is on a one-day official visit to discuss regional security issues as well as the situation in Georgia. REUTERS/Stringer (LITHUANIA) 

Presidents Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia (L-R), Lech Kaczynski of Poland, Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia and Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania attend a media briefing in Tbilisi August 13,2008. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze (GEORGIA) 

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia (L-R), Lech Kaczynski of Poland, Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia and Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania attend a news briefing in Tbilisi August 13,2008. Russian troops set up at least two checkpoints on the outskirts of the Georgian town of Gori, outside South Ossetia, witnesses said on Wednesday, in what Georgia said was a breach of a ceasefire. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze (GEORGIA) 

Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (3rd R) and his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus (2nd R) chat as Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (2nd L) and Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (R) listen during a pro-President Saakashvili rally outside Georgia's parliament in Tbilisi August 12, 2008. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (GEORGIA) 

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (L to R), Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis take part in a news briefing as they meet in Crimean Black Sea city of Simferopol, August 12, 2008. REUTERS/Pool/Mykola Lazarenko (UKRAINE) 

A guest attends the official ceremony which the title "Doctor Honoria Causa" was awarded to Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus at the University of Chile in Santiago July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus addresses the crowd before being awarded the title of "Doctor Honoria Causa" at the University of Chile in Santiago July 24, 2008. Adamkus is in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) is awarded the title of "Doctor Honoria Causa" from University of Chile's Vice Rector Jorge Las Heras Bonetto during an official ceremony in Santiago July 24, 2008. Adamkus is in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

A worker looks out from a construction site in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace during the welcome ceremony of Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus in Santiago July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) wave to the crowd at La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago July 23, 2008. Adamkus was in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (behind) greet children at La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago July 23, 2008. Adamkus was in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus walk past an honor guard in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago July 23, 2008. Adamkus was in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus shake hands in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago July 23, 2008. Adamkus is in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (L) walks with a Chilean diplomat to meet with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet at La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago July 23, 2008. Adamkus was in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (L) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus shake hands in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago July 23, 2008. Adamkus is in Chile on an official visit. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE) 

Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez meets with Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) at the Uruguayan Presidential house in Montevideo July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY) 

Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez meets with Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus (R) at the Uruguayan Presidential house in Montevideo July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY) 

Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez (L) shakes hands with Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus at the Uruguayan Presidential house in Montevideo July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY) 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) and her Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus attend a ceremony at Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA) 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) talks to her Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus during a ceremony at Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA) 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) shakes hands with her Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus during a ceremony at Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA) 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) shakes hands with her Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus during a ceremony at Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA) 

Brazil?s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus talk to students before a meeting at Planalto Palace in Brasilia July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL)