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RSS Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Lithuania stands in solidarity with the Czech Republic and is ready to assist this country Added2021.04.21
On 21 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Lithuania Vit Korselt.

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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Pranckevičius: Vaccine manufacturing capacity and supply still pose a challenge for vaccination in the EU Added2021.04.20
On 20 April, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius took part in an informal video conference of European Affairs Ministers, which took stock of the COVID-19 EU coordination, assessed the state of play of EU-UK relations, discussed the rule-of-law developments in the EU, the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe, as well as the Enlargement and the Stabilisation and Association process.

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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: EU must send a clear message to Russia about possible consequences of aggression Added2021.04.19
On 19 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis took part in a video conference of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers, which focused on Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine and Alexei Navalny, the state of his health, the situation in Georgia, Belarus, and other relevant foreign policy issues.

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The meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will focus on Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine and a dramatic deterioration of Navalny’s health Added2021.04.18
On 19 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will take part in a video conference of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers. The meeting will focus on the situation in Ukraine and the increasing tension due to Russia’s current policies.

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Russian Ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was informed about Lithuania’s disapproval of Russia’s current policy Added2021.04.16
On 16 April, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Lithuania Alexey Isakov was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was informed about Lithuania’s disapproval of Russia’s current foreign policy and human rights violations by Russia.

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Lithuania stands in solidarity with the United States in imposing additional sanctions against Russia Added2021.04.15
On 15 April, the U.S. announced sanctions in response to aggressive and harmful actions of the Russian Federation and its unacceptable behaviour, such as encouraging Taliban attacks against the U.S. and coalition personnel in Afghanistan, Russia's malicious cyber activities - the SolarWinds incident - and attempts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the attempt to poison the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and his imprisonment, as well as the occupation of Crimea.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis in Kyiv: We support Ukraine’s aspirations to find a political solution to the conflict, Russia must immediately end its provocations Added2021.04.15
On 15 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, together with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts - Edgars Rinkēvičs and Eva-Maria Liimets - met with the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Razumkov, the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Vitaliyivna Stefanishyna, the Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and the Minister of Defence of Ukraine Andrii Taran.

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RSS Lithuania elected to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the quadrennial period 2022–2025 Added2021.04.21
On 20 April, at a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York, Lithuania was elected as a member of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) for the quadrennial period 2022–2025. In a group of Eastern European countries, four countries – Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia and Russia – were candidates for the 3 vacant seats. Slovenia and Russia were also elected to the CND.

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Lithuania's representative elected as the Vice-Chair of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Added2021.04.20
On 20 April, at the 65th session of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the OPCW, Ambassador Vidmantas Purlys was elected Vice-Chair of the Executive Council of the OPCW to serve in that office for a period of one year.

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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Adomėnas takes part in political consultations in Bucharest Added2021.04.16
On 15 April, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomėnas visited Bucharest, where he took part in bilateral consultations with the State Secretary of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dănuţ Neculăesc and the State Secretary for Global Affairs and Diplomatic Strategies Cornel Feruţă.

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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Pranckevičius thanks Turkey for its support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty Added2021.04.15
On 15 April, the Lithuanian and Turkish Ministries of Foreign Affairs held online political consultations to discuss bilateral and international issues, cooperation within NATO and the European Union. The Lithuanian delegation was led by the Foreign Vice-Minister Arnoldas Pranckevičius, while the Turkish delegation was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Faruk Kaymakcı.

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Lithuania's Ambassador Junevičius presented his letters of credence to the President of South Africa Added2021.04.15
On 14 April, the Ambassador of Lithuania Dainius Junevičius presented his letters of credence to the President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Call for nominations: Balts’ Award 2021 Added2021.04.15
On 15 April, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and Latvia issued a call for nominations for the Balts’ Award 2021.
Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister meets with the Ambassador of Ukraine Added2021.04.13
On 13 April, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas met with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi and discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine, the region's security situation, as well as bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

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Lithuania allocates funds in support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Added2021.04.08
To support the efforts of the United Nations in the field of human rights, Lithuania has allocated 30 thousand euros to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

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Lithuania provides support to Syrian refugees, advocates for accountability for crimes Added2021.03.31
On 30 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomėnas took part in the fifth Brussels Conference 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' and voiced Lithuania’s support for refugees affected by conflict in Syria and for internally displaced persons. The conference took place in a virtual format. Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister also expressed Lithuania’s support for the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and for a peaceful solution to the Syria conflict, in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, as well as stressed the need to seek accountability for crimes committed in Syria.

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Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study Added2021.03.31
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.

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