Budrys in Oslo: strengthening security in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic – a common interest of Lithuania and Norway
Added 2025-06-09
On 6 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide in Oslo. The meeting discussed Lithuania's bilateral relations with Norway, the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8)...
Lithuania protests to Belarus over a violation of its state border
Added 2025-06-06
On 6 June, a representative of the Embassy of Belarus was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and handed a diplomatic note of strong protest over a violation of the state border of Lithuania near the Vilnius district from the...
Minister Budrys: there is potential to expand economic cooperation with Costa Rica
Added 2025-06-05
On 4 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with Manuel Tovar Rivera, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, on the sidelines of the OECD Ministerial Council meeting. Budrys and Tovar discussed bilateral...
Budrys meets with the French Foreign Minister in Paris
Added 2025-06-04
On 3 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot. Ministers discussed bilateral cooperation, strengthening support for Ukraine, European security, and...
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania attends bilateral political consultations in Croatia
Added 2025-06-04
On 22 May in Zagreb, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus held bilateral political consultations with Croatian Vice-Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Andreja Metelko-Zgombić.
Lithuanian and French Ministers sign the Strategic Partnership Action Plan
Added 2025-06-03
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, is on a working visit to France. Budrys met with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot in Paris. Lithuanian and French Ministers signed a bilateral Strategic...
In Paris, the Vice-Minister of Lithuania and the State Minister of Japan discuss strengthening bilateral ties and support for Ukraine's reconstruction
Added 2025-06-02
On 2 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Sigitas Mitkus, met with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Fujii Hisayuki, at the OECD Ministerial Council meeting in Paris. The meeting focused on strengthening...
Holders of Georgian diplomatic, service passports will no longer be able to enter Lithuania without Schengen visas
Added 2025-05-30
On 30 May, Resolution No. 362, passed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on 21 May 2025, implementing Council Decision (EU) 2025/170, which suspends visa-free travel for Georgian diplomats and officials to Lithuania, entered into...
Budrys in Spain: all NATO allies must invest in defence so that Russia does not dare to test us
Added 2025-05-30
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, paid a working visit to Spain. The Minister met with the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares Bueno, in Madrid on Friday. The Lithuanian and Spanish Ministers...
From 1 June, Lithuania will no longer recognize non-biometric passports issued by Russia
Added 2025-05-23
On 23 May, a joint order by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Internal Affairs decided to no longer recognize non-biometric passports issued by the Russian Federation (RF) as valid travel documents for entering Lithuanian territory. This order...