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Linkevičius: We reaffirm our support for multilateralism, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Added 2020-09-22 On 21 September, a high-level event ‘The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’ in New York at the opening of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly marked the 75th anniversary of...
Foreign Vice-Minister Zananavičius: We must tap into the full potential of the green course to strengthen the industrial sectors in the EU Added 2020-09-22 On 20-21 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius took part in an informal meeting of EU trade ministers “Open markets and free trade are the driving forces”. Ministers discussed ways how trade policy could...
The first Latvian Ambassador to Lithuania received the Balts' Award in Rīga Added 2020-09-22 On 22 September in Rīga, the Lithuanian and Latvian Foreign Ministers conferred the 2020 Balts' Award on a Latvian diplomat, the first Ambassador of Latvia to Lithuania after the restoration of the country’s independence Alberts Sarkanis.
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister discussed counter-terrorism with a representative from the U.S. Department of State Added 2020-09-21 On 21 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Dalius Čekuolis and the U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan A. Sales discussed the fight against international terrorism, sanctions against Hezbollah-affiliated...
Linkevičius: Declarations are not enough, the EU must take action Added 2020-09-21 On 21 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting focused on the EU’s response to the latest political developments in Belarus, issues related to...
Linkevičius at the UN Human Rights Council: Serious human rights violations continue in Belarus Added 2020-09-21 On 18 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated remotely at the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and spoke in an urgent debate on the human rights situation in Belarus.
NPR.org: Lithuania Seeks U.S. Support For More Robust International Policy Toward Belarus, September 18, 2020 Added 2020-09-18  Interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, “NPR“, September 18, 2020
Lithuania and 16 other OSCE participating states invoked the Moscow Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus Added 2020-09-18 On 17 September, Lithuania, together with 16 other participating states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), invoked the Moscow Mechanism in relation to serious human rights violations in Belarus.
Linas Linkevičius: The United States Department of Energy is well-informed about the situation in Ostrovets Added 2020-09-18 On 17 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, continued his visit to Washington D.C., where held a meeting with Mark W. Menezes, Deputy Secretary of Energy.