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At UN Human Rights Council, Lithuania expresses concerns about human rights situation in Belarus Added 2020-07-10 On 10 July, at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor in the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...
L. Linkevičius and Azerbaijan's Economy Minister discuss bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and Azerbaijan Added 2020-07-10 On 10 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and the Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov chaired the sixth remote meeting of the Lithuania-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation.
Lithuania delivered a statement on behalf of Nordic and Baltic countries on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Added 2020-07-09 On July 9, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic countries during the Human Rights Council‘s Interactive dalogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom...
Lithuania condemns any use of chemical weapons Added 2020-07-08 On 7-10 July, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Vidmantas Purlys attends the 94th session of the Executive Council of the OPCW in The Hague. The most important...
L. Linkevičius attends virtual roundtable on Ukraine Reforms Added 2020-07-08 On 7 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in a virtual roundtable “Ukraine Reforms: What Next?” that was organized by Chatham House. The event took stock of what had been achieved over the recent years and...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister congratulates United States on Independence Day Added 2020-07-07 On 4 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the country‘s Independence Day.
Lithuania’s Ambassador J. Raguckienė presents her letters of credence to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Added 2020-07-07 On 6 July, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Croatia Jūratė Raguckienė presented copies of her letters of credence to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Andrej Zernovski.
UN Human Rights Council discusses report by outgoing Special Rapporteur on Right to Health Prof. Dainius Pūras Added 2020-07-07 On 3 July, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Professor Dainius Pūras presented his last annual report to the UN Human Rights Council.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister bids farewell to outgoing Ambassador of Finland Added 2020-07-07 On 7 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius bade farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of Finland to Lithuania Christer Gustaf Michelsson.
Lithuania hands over verbal note to Russia concerning environmental violations Added 2020-07-03 On 3 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania handed over a verbal note to the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Vilnius in response to information that had appeared in the public domain regarding serious environmental violations on...