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Linas Linkevičius and South African Minister of International Relations discuss ways to combat COVID-19 pandemic and to strengthen contacts Added 2020-08-25 On 25 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius had a telephone conversation with Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, and discussed our bilateral relationship, the impact...
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State S. Biegun visits Vilnius Added 2020-08-24 On 24 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius is meeting with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun in Vilnius to discuss the situation in Belarus, topical issues of the bilateral relationship between...
Protest note handed to Belarusian representative Added 2020-08-24 On 24 August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned the Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania Valery Baranovsky and handed him a protest note regarding a violation of the state border of Lithuania.
Former Irish Ambassador D. Denham receives Lithuania's Diplomacy Star Added 2020-08-21 On 18 August at the Lithuanian Embassy in Dublin, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Ireland Egidijus Meilūnas conferred the Foreign Ministry’s award of honor – Lithuania’s Diplomacy Star – on the former Irish Ambassador Donal Denham for his...
Linkevičius: the EU sanctions against the responsible Belarusian officials for the use of force and forged elections are necessary Added 2020-08-14 On 14 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius took part in an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council convened via a video conference to discuss the critical situation in Belarus and renewed tensions in the east of the Mediterranean.
Lithuania bans entry to Hezbollah affiliates Added 2020-08-13 “Having taken into consideration the information acquired by our institutions and partners, we may conclude that Hezbollah uses terrorist means that pose threat to the security of a significant number of countries, including Lithuania. We stand...
Joint Statement of Nordic-Baltic Foreign Ministers on recent developments in Belarus Added 2020-08-11 The Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, in the context of the developments that are taking place in Belarus, express their grave concern about the violence against post-election...
MFA statement on the situation in Belarus Added 2020-08-10 We continue to observe the situation in Belarus, where presidential elections took place on the 9th of August. The elections did not comply with the international commitments of Belarus and globally recognised standards of democracy, and they were...
Statement by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine – Lublin Triangle Added 2020-08-10 As Foreign Ministers of Lublin Triangle States, we are deeply concerned with escalation of the situation in Belarus after the presidential elections and call upon the authorities to refrain from the use of force and to release all those detained...
Lithuanian and Saudi Arabian Ministers of Foreign Affairs discuss possibilities for cooperation Added 2020-08-10 On 10 August, Minister Linas Linkevičius had a phone conversation with Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia. The Ministers discussed topical issues of bilateral relations and emphasised their interest...