Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic States at the UNGA debate on the “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia"
Added 2021-06-17
Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden at the UNGA debate on the “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the...
Lithuania hands a note of protest to Russia’s representative over a violation of its airspace
Added 2021-06-16
On 16 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in order to express its protest over a violation of the airspace.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Belarusian authorities' attitude towards history is brutally cynical, we stand in solidarity with Poland
Added 2021-06-10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania stands in solidarity with Poland, which expressed its protest over the current decision of the Belarusian regime to designate 17 September as the national holiday in Belarus, and strongly opposes the...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania expresses a strong protest over a breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by Belarusian officials
Added 2021-06-04
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania expresses a strong protest over an unprecedented incident. Today, a diplomatic vehicle has been illegally stopped at the state border with Belarus and turned back to Lithuania.
Lithuania to expel two employees of the Embassy of Belarus in Vilnius
Added 2021-05-28
Today, on 28 May, a representative of the Embassy of Belarus to Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and handed in a diplomatic note, declaring two members of the Embassy's staff personae non gratae, because they...
Statement to the press in Tbilisi by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Gabrielius Landsbergis
Added 2021-04-29
29 April 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Dear representatives of the media, dear friends, – thank you for coming.
I’ve had very intensive few days in Tbilisi and I would like to thank the Georgian...
Lithuania's Ambassador to Russia officially informed that Russia was expelling members of the staff of the Lithuanian Embassy
Added 2021-04-28
On 28 April, the Head of Lithuania's Representation in Moscow Eitvydas Bajarūnas was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and handed a diplomatic note, stating that two members of the Embassy's staff - a diplomat and...
Statement on the provocative information attack against Baltic politicians
Added 2021-04-22
During the past few weeks, information attacks were carried out against Estonian, Lithuanian, and Latvian politicians.
Human Rights Council: Nordic and Baltic states call for equal participation of persons with disabilities in physical activity and sports
Added 2021-03-06
Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities
Intervention by the Nordic and Baltic States
delivered by the Ambassador Andrius Krivas, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other...
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis commented on the request of the Prosecutor General of Belarus to extradite Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Added 2021-03-05
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis commented on the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus to extradite Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Lithuania has been and will be a wall behind which all the...