The parliamentary letter says that a Lithuanian delegation will soon be going to Moscow and will be ready to meet with Kremlin representatives to begin the proposed "preliminary consultations."

We are ready not to adopt new legislative or political acts during the period of preliminary parliamentary consultations, if they were to begin, until May 1, 1990.

Not to adopt new political legislative acts during the period of preliminary parliamentary consultations between Lithuania and the U.S.S.R., if they were to begin, until May 1, 1990.

Presumably preliminary consultation by conservation agencies and institutional involvement of local people in plan formulation and implementation would avoid these clashes.

Do they do preliminary consultations?

A preliminary consultation with a landscape designer can range from a flat fee of $250 to $90 to $150 an hour for a two- to four-hour discussion.

"I think it would be the right thing to do to have preliminary consultations with the Russian government on this matter," he said.

In 2000 and 2001 preliminary consultations for a second series of conversations were held, leading to formal meetings between 2006 and 2010.

On Dec. 13 Landsbergis had announced that a further round of preliminary consultations had been postponed indefinitely by the Soviet side.

But it has already been mentioned in the discussion that, following preliminary consultations, the Commission - and also incidentally the Member States - started out from a different basic idea.