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Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius received Estonia's new Ambassador Added 2020-09-28 On 28 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Ambassador of Estonia to Lithuania Kai Kaarelson.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with the new Ambassador of Norway Added 2020-09-28 On 28 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Ambassador of Norway to Lithuania Ole Terje Horpestad.
Joint Statement on the situation of journalists in Belarus released by the UN Group of Friends co-chairs Added 2020-09-28 On September 28, Lithuania, together with the co-chairs of the United Nations Group of Friends for the Protection of Journalists, France and Greece, released the Joint Statement on the situation of journalists in Belarus. The Joint Statement was...
Linkevičius meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Added 2020-09-25 On 24 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Stef Blok. The meeting focused on bilateral relations, the situation in Belarus and...
Linkevičius at the United Nations: We cannot ignore human rights violations in Belarus Added 2020-09-25 On the margins of the high-level General Debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 24 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended a virtual event commemorating the 15th anniversary...
Lithuanian representatives and the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of State discussed possibilities for providing support to Belarus Added 2020-09-25 On 25 September, Lithuania's representatives and the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the U.S. Department of State Georg P. Kent discussed the situation in Belarus and...
Linkevičius: Remembering the Holocaust we must do everything we can to prevent this catastrophe from happening again Added 2020-09-24 On 24 September, the diplomatic conference “Beyond Duty – Visas for Life” to mark the Year of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who served as vice-consul in interwar Lithuania, took place at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Kaunas. The...
Zananavičius: European leaders must show solidarity with the Belarusian people Added 2020-09-23 On 22 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council in Brussels in the run-up to the special European Council meeting to be held on 1 and 2 October. At their meeting, the EU...
Lithuania holds its first political consultations with the United Arab Emirates Added 2020-09-23 On 22 September, the first political consultations between Lithuanian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) took place in a virtual format. The meeting focused on the issues of bilateral political, economic, legal, and consular cooperation, work within...
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry’s statement on the situation in Belarus Added 2020-09-23 In response to a secretly held self-inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko for the new term of the President of Belarus on 23 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania reaffirms that the presidential election held in Belarus on 9...