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Vice-Minister Mitkus: EU members bordering Russia and Belarus must receive increased funding from the EU budget Added 2025-08-27 On 26 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus met with Timo Pesonen, the Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), who was visiting Vilnius. During the meeting,...
Vice-Minister J. Pranevičius discussed cooperation on migration issues with representatives of the IOM Added 2025-08-19 On August 18, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Julius Pranevičius, met with Gianluca Rocco, Director of the Sub-regional Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Brussels, and his delegation visiting...
Minister Budrys discussed air defence and anti-drone capability enhancement with NATO chief over the phone Added 2025-08-06 Today, on August 6, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, had a telephone conversation with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte. The conversation focused on the security situation in the region, recent drone incidents in...
Lithuania's Ministers of Foreign Affairs and National Defence call on NATO to take additional measures to ensure the security of Lithuanian airspace Added 2025-08-06 On Tuesday, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys, together with the Acting Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė, addressed a joint letter to the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, urging the Alliance to take...
Political Director Talat-Kelpša on the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act: What are we celebrating today? Added 2025-08-01 From 30 July to 1 August, Laimonas Talat-Kelpša, political director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated in the Conference marking the 50th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act signing, organised by the Finnish Chairmanship of the...
At the United Nations high-level Conference, Vice-Minister Pranevičius underlines Lithuania's support for the two-state solution for sustainable peace in the Middle East Added 2025-07-30 On 28-30 July in New York, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Julius Pranevičius is participating at the UN high-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State...
Foreign Ministry's Political Director, Talat-Kelpša, met with His Eminence, Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon Added 2025-07-26 On 25 July, Laimonas Talat-Kelpša, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Emanuel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chalcedon, whose position under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is equivalent to that of Minister...
OOSCE countries activate the Moscow Mechanism in response to reports of Russia's cruel treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war Added 2025-07-25 On 24 July, at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 41 countries, including Lithuania, activated the Moscow Mechanism to assess the treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) by Russia,...
Minister Budrys: Lithuania will do its utmost to ensure that prisoners of war and abducted Ukrainian children held in Russia return home safely and as soon as possible Added 2025-07-21 On 21 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, opened the first international expert-level meeting of the "Safe Pathways Home" initiative in Vilnius. This initiative aims to coordinate international efforts to bring back the...
EU adopted 18th package of sanctions targeting Russia’s war machine - energy and financial sectors Added 2025-07-18 Today, 18 July, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the 18th package of economic and individual sanctions aimed at limiting the activities of Russia's critical oil and financial sectors and further comprehensively restricting the...