(L to R) Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Latvia Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins , Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas speak prior a meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius on October 12, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

(L to R) Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Latvia Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins , Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas speak prior a meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius on October 12, 2009.

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  1. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman meets his Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet in Jerusalem November 18, 2009.
  2. Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip (L) and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet (R) are welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndL) and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  3. German Vice-Chancellor Guido Westerwelle (3rd L) shakes hands with Austrian Federal Minister for European Affairs Michael Spindelegger (R) as Estonian Foreign Affairs Minister Urmas Paet (L) speaks following the family photo session of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  4. (FromL) Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Usackas of Lithuania chats with Urmas Paet of Estonia on October 12, 2009 prior the meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius.
  5. (FromL) Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet of Estonia, Maris Riekstins of Latvia, Maxime Verhagen of The Netherlands and Vygaudas Usackas of Lithuania chat on October 12, 2009 prior the meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius.
  6. (FromL) Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen of The Netherlands, Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg and Urmas Paet of Estonia chat on October 12, 2009 prior the meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius.
  7. (L to R) Latvia Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas speak prior a meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius on October 12, 2009.
  8. (L to R) Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Latvia Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins , Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Maxime Verhagen and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas speak prior a meeting of Baltic and Benelux Foreign Ministers held in Vilnius on October 12, 2009.
  9. Netherland's foreign minister Maxime Verhagen (R) welcomes Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in the Hague on November 11, 2009. Lieberman is on a visist in a bid to strengthen ties with the European Union.
  10. A woman, holding a roll of toilet paper with a picture of Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and a text reading "zionist ethnic cleansing paper, the strongest!", shouts slogans protesting against Lieberman's visit and meeitings with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and members of parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  11. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, and his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, right, give a brief statement prior to their meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  12. Iranian human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr (R) smiles after being presented with the 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip by Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen (L) in The Hague on November 9, 2009. Iranian lawyer and journalist Shadi Sadr was awarded a Dutch human rights prize, worth up to 110,000 euros, for her fight against stoning as punishment, the Dutch foreign ministry said.
  13. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, left, is applauded after she received the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, right, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  14. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, right, receives the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  15. Iranian lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr, right, receives the Dutch Human Rights Tulip award from Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Verhagen praised Sadr, who lobbies for women's rights in Iran, as "an ordinary woman who has extraordinary deeds to her credit."
  16. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen (R) gives a press conference with his new German counterpart Guido Westerwelle after their meeting on November 2, 2009 in the Hague. The Netherlands is the first foreign destination of Westerwelle, who was sworn in on October 28.

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