Lithuania provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Added 2021-05-26
Due to the ongoing external military aggression against Ukraine since 2014, the humanitarian situation in the eastern region of the country remains extremely difficult.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: A strong transatlantic response to this unprecedented incident is needed
Added 2021-05-24
Late in the evening of 23 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with the U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip T. Reeker and discussed a...
Lithuania's Foreign Ministry urgently recommends Lithuanian citizens against all travel to Belarus
Added 2021-05-24
Bearing in mind the incident of 23 May, when a Ryanair passenger plane flying from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land, thus posing risks to the security and a threat to the lives of civilians, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly recommends...
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry summons the representative of Belarusian embassy in Vilnius
Added 2021-05-23
On May 23, representative of the Embassy of Republic of Belarus was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania due to the forced landing in Minsk of Ryanair aircraft flying from Athens to Vilnius. Military aircraft...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: The entire EU has been attacked and must respond in the strictest way
Added 2021-05-23
On 23 May, Lithuania called on the EU member states to discuss a dangerous incident — the forced landing in Minsk of a Ryanair passenger plane flying from Athens to Vilnius — at a special meeting of the European Council the next day.
Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Pranckevičius: The EU and the US have to reform the global trading system together
Added 2021-05-20
On 20 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius took part in the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade), which focused on strengthening the world trade system, the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) reform, and the...
Joint Statement by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Lublin Triangle dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea
Added 2021-05-18
Joint Statement by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Lublin Triangle - Ukraine, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Poland - dedicated to the 77th anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea by the authorities of the...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Lithuania to allocate 200, 000 vaccine doses to eastern partners
Added 2021-05-14
On the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Lithuania will allocate 200, 000 vaccine doses to eastern partners.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and the President of the National Assembly of Armenia discussed Armenia's reform process, the security situation in the region
Added 2021-05-13
On 13 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Ararat Mirzoyan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia, who was visiting Lithuania. The politicians continued their discussion that began in Yerevan a...
Lithuania offers human rights recommendations to Latvia and Singapore
Added 2021-05-12
On 11 and 12 May, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor at the 38th session of the Working Group of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to address the human rights situation in Latvia and Singapore.