Lithuania's cooperation with the Indo-Pacific

Lithuania's cooperation with the Indo-Pacific

In 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania released the Lithuania’s Strategic Guidelines for Indo-Pacific Region “For a secure, resilient and prosperous future: Lithuania’s Indo- Pacific Strategy”. The Strategy was prepared in pursuit of the Government's ambition to strengthen Lithuania's international standing, to foster political and diplomatic relations with like-minded partners in the region, to safeguard the security and prosperity of Lithuanian citizens and to open new opportunities for Lithuania's exporters in the world's leading markets. The Strategy aims to maintain momentum for the overall long-term engagement of the Lithuanian institutions in the region. Lithuania's fundamental interest in the Indo-Pacific region is the strengthening of the rules-based world order.

FOR A SECURE, RESILIENT AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE: LITHUANIA’S INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY

In January 2024, the inter-institutional working group prepared the Action Plan for the Implementation of Lithuania's Strategic Guidelines for the Indo-Pacific Region 2024.

The new Action Plan for the Implementation of the Strategic Guidelines for the Indo-Pacific Region of Lithuania 2025-2027 (non-public document), adopted in 2025, serves as a framework for further activities in the period spanning from 2025 to 2027.

The Indo-Pacific region is home to 5 Lithuanian diplomatic missions - embassies in Australia, India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore, and a trade representative office in Taiwan. Lithuania has also appointed 30 Honorary Consuls in the region.

Accredited countries by Embassy:

The Lithuanian Embassy in Australia: New Zealand and Fiji.

The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in India: Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bangladesh.

The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Japan: Micronesia.

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea: the Philippines and Mongolia.

The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Singapore: Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Turkey (non-Indo-Pacific country): Pakistan.

Lithuania and Japan are actively cooperating under the Strategic Partnership Action Plan (Annex in Lithuanian and English).

Lithuania and US hold a regular strategic dialogue on matters regarding the region.

List of countries* under the Indo-Pacific Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania established diplomatic relations with those highlighted):

1. Afghanistan
2. Australia
3. Bangladesh
4. Bhutan
5. Brunei
6. Fiji
7. Philippines
8. India
9. Indonesia
10. Japan
11. Cambodia
12. PRC - China
13. Kiribati
14. DPRK - North Korea
15. Republic of Korea - South Korea
16. Cook Islands
17. Laos
18. Malaysia
19. Maldives
20. The Marshall Islands
21. Myanmar
22. Micronesia
23. Mongolia
24. New Zealand
25. Nauru
26. Niue
27. Nepal
28. Pakistan
29. Palau
30. Papua New Guinea
31. East Timor
32. Solomon Islands
33. Samoa
34. Singapore
35. Sri Lanka
36. Thailand
37. Taiwan*
38. Tonga
39. Tuvalu
40. Vanuatu
41. Vietnam

*Lithuania adheres to the “One China” policy and thus does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state, neither has established diplomatic relations with it. Lithuania is seeking to enhance practical cooperation with Taiwan, a likeminded democracy, and an important economic and technological partner in the region. The development of economic relations with Taiwan is one of Lithuania’s strategic priorities and a part of its economic diversification policy

For further information, please contact the Directorate for the Indo-Pacific of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at irvg@urm.lt.