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Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry condemns terrorist act in Istanbul Added 2016-01-12 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns today’s terror attack on the Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul’s tourist district. According to preliminary information, 10 people were killed, while at least 15 people were wounded. Some...
Lithuania to hold traditional ‘Snow Meeting’ of experts in security policy Added 2016-01-11 On 14-15 January, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania will hold a traditional informal ‘Snow Meeting’, which brings together Lithuanian and foreign experts in security policy. The meeting will prepare for the next NATO Summit to be held...
Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister and Ukraine’s new Ambassador discuss topical issues of bilateral relations Added 2016-01-05 On 5 January in Vilnius, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi, who presented copies of his letters of credence at the Ministry of...
Lithuania concerned over persistent violence against journalists Added 2015-12-30 Lithuania expresses its deep concern over persistent violence against journalists and calls upon the international community to step up effort to enforce specific measures on the protection of journalists. According to the round-up published on 29...
Vice-Minister Andrius Krivas: the international community must take immediate and resolute measures to end the Syrian crisis Added 2015-12-19 Andrius Krivas, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the extraordinary high-level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on 18 December where by unanimously adopting Resolution No 2254 the UN Security Council called for...
Lithuania hopes the WTO will continue to be the major venue of setting rules of trade Added 2015-12-18 Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Raimundas Karoblis urged WTO members not to consider the smoothly functioning multilateral trade system as something to be taken for granted at the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference, in Nairobi on 17...
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the UN Security Council event on countering the financing of terrorism Added 2015-12-18 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas took part in the high-level event, on 17 December, organised by the United States that is currently holding the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on countering the financing of...
Protecting EU external borders is essential for reducing illegal immigration, says Linkevičius Added 2015-12-16 At the EU’s General Affairs Council meeting on 15 December in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius said that in order to resolve the migrant crisis it was important to implement agreements in the EU and beyond.
Lithuania allocates humanitarian aid to Ethiopia Added 2015-12-16 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has allocated EUR 10,000 in humanitarian aid to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for children affected by Ethiopia’s growing food crisis.
Linkevičius: ‘Visa-free travel has to be granted for Ukraine and Georgia’ Added 2015-12-15 On 14 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. The Ministers began their debate by discussing prospects for relations between the European Union...