AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE, LITHUANIA CALLS FOR MORE DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS IN ARMED CONFLICT
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At the UN Security Council open debate “Protection of civilians in armed conflict: protection of journalists” in New York on 17 July, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Raimonda Murmokaitė stressed that...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER TRANSFORMATION DISCUSS TOPICAL ISSUES OF COOPERATION
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On 17 July, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) Jean-Paul Paloméros, who pays a visit to Vilnius. The officials discussed energy security, issues related...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND THE OUTGOING AMBASSADOR OF KUWAIT DISCUSS PROSPECTS FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS
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At the meeting with the outgoing Ambassador of Kuwait to Lithuania Musaed Al-Haroun on 16 July in Vilnius, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas stressed the need to step up the bilateral relationship.
“Lithuania...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER AND ENERGY SECURITY CHALLENGES
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At the meeting with the Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua on 16 July, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius stressed that all the countries in the world should seek to stop...
IN POLAND, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT OF DARIUS AND GIRĖNAS
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As part of the delegation led by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the event marking the 80th anniversary of the transatlantic flight of Steponas Darius and...
THE EU DIRECTORS GENERAL HAVE DISCUSSED LITHUANIAN EU PRESIDENCY AGENDA AND INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION IN THEIR INFORMAL MEETING IN VILNIUS
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The EU Directors General of the Foreign Ministries of the EU Member States and candidate countries have met in Vilnius on 11-12 July. The meeting has focused on priorities of Lithuanian EU presidency agenda and inter-institutional cooperation....
EU AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN ENERGY COOPERATION
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On 10 July, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of the European Union and Eastern Partnership countries – Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – discussed how to strengthen cooperation in the...
ACTIVE FREE TRADE INITIATIVES PROMOTE THE EU’S ECONOMIC GROWTH, UNDERLINES MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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On 10 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius presented the priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council in the field of international trade to the European Parliament Committee on International Trade...
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU`S COMMITMENT TO OPENNESS
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On 9 July, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius presenting the priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of enlargement at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) of...
IN VILNIUS THE MEETING OF EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS FOCUSES ON GLOBAL AGENDA ISSUES
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On 8-9 July, Vilnius hosted an informal meeting of EU Political Directors of Foreign Ministries, which focused on key issues on the EU foreign policy agenda.
The Political Directors discussed the situation in the Eastern Partnership countries,...