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Seimas revises asylum application procedures in response to the influx of irregular migrants Added 2021-07-15 The MFA informs about adoption by the Seimas of the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and the accompanying legislation (Draft No XIVP-719(2)), thereby providing for faster processing of asylum applications and restricting...
Lithuania and Iraq agree on closer cooperation in tackling the irregular migrant crisis Added 2021-07-15 In Iraq, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein agreed to work together to tackle the irregular migrant crisis.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis coordinated joint actions with Turkish officials to stop the flow of illegal migrants to Lithuania from Belarus Added 2021-07-14 In the evening of 13 July in Ankara, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, together with the Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė and the Vice-Minister of the Interior Arnoldas Abramavičius, met with...
Lithuania asks UNHCR and IOM to react to the increased flow of third-country irregular migrants from Belarus Added 2021-07-14 On 12 July, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas sent letters to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi and the Director General of the International Organization for Migration Mr. António Vitorino...
Intensive political consultations on reducing illegal migration flows to take place in Ankara and Baghdad Added 2021-07-13 On 13 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, together with the Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė and the Vice-Minister of the Interior Arnoldas Abramavičius, left for Ankara to meet with Turkey's...
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry seeks to revitalise systematic cooperation with Lithuanian universities Added 2021-07-12 On 12 July, the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Inga Černiuk and the Rector of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Prof. Dr. Inga Žalėnienė signed a cooperation agreement between the Foreign Ministry and the MRU.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: EU needs a unified and coordinated return policy for irregular migrants Added 2021-07-12 On 12 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the EU's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels and stressed the importance of the EU's solidarity with Lithuania, which was dealing with the Belarusian regime's...
Foreign Ministry's statement on snap parliamentary elections in Moldova Added 2021-07-12 On 11 July, snap parliamentary elections were held in Moldova. According to international observers, the elections were well organised, competitive and in line with essential international standards. On the election day, the voting process was...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis meets the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, raises the issue of illegal migration from Belarus Added 2021-07-09 On 8 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić and discussed topical issues of the region, and the CoE's role in defending the...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis discussed possible cooperation in the fight against irregular migration with the Hungarian head of diplomacy Added 2021-07-08 On 7 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Péter Szijjártó, who is taking part in the 4th Ukraine Reform Conference in Vilnius.