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Lithuania at UN Security Council: ‘Illicit trade in small arms has devastating impact on world’s most endangered species’ Added 2015-12-01 On 30 November in New York, Lithuania and Angola co-hosted the UN Security Council’s Arria-formula meeting on the impact of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and poaching in Africa. The organisers hoped that the meeting would help...
Lithuania draws attention to threat of use of chemical weapons dumped at sea Added 2015-12-01 The 20th session of the Conference of the States Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) takes place in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 30 November - 4 December.
In Brussels, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister stressed need for full implementation of Minsk agreements Added 2015-12-01 On 1 December in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a discussion dedicated to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, sanctions against Russia, and other related issues.
Lithuania presents its progress at UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Added 2015-11-30 At the 88th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva on 27 November, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas presented the country’s progress – legal and institutional changes in...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister: ‘EU-Ukraine free trade agreement enters into force in 5 weeks’ Added 2015-11-30 In the EU’s Foreign Affairs (Trade) Council meeting on 27 November in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis stressed that all parties were waiting for the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, including the...
National Prayer Breakfast focuses on today’s threats, importance of values Added 2015-11-30 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania organised the National Prayer Breakfast in Vilnius on 27 November. Participants of the event titled “Does religion cause conflict and war?” discussed the role of spiritual values in everyday lives of...
Linkevičius: ‘Lithuanian-Armenian economic cooperation has unused potential’ Added 2015-11-27 On 26 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Minister of Economy of Armenia Karen Chshmaritian, who is visiting Lithuania, and members of the Lithuanian-Armenian Intergovernmental Commission on...
Marking 20 years of Barcelona process, Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister stresses importance of solidarity Added 2015-11-27 The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius and Foreign Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean marked 20 years of the Barcelona process on 26 November.
Lithuanian-Romanian political consultation held in Vilnius Added 2015-11-25 The Lithuanian-Romanian political consultation was held in Vilnius on 24 November. The consultation was led by the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas and the State Secretary for Strategic Affairs of Romania Daniel Ioniţă....