Budrys participates in the International Conference 'The Bled Strategic Forum'
Added 2025-09-01
On 1-2 September, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys takes part in the International Conference 'The Bled Strategic Forum' in Slovenia.
Foreign Vice-Minister pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust in Pravieniškės
Added 2025-08-29
On 29 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė together with the members of the Association of Families and Friends of the Deported from Convoy 73, the staff of the French Embassy in Lithuania, and staff...
Foreign Minister Budrys met with Palestinian Foreign Minister in Vilnius
Added 2025-08-29
On 29 August, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys met with the Palestinian Authority's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian Shahin.
Budrys to attend an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Copenhagen
Added 2025-08-29
Kęstutis Budrys, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, will participate in an informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 29 and 30 August.
Lithuania protests over one of Russia's biggest attacks on Ukraine
Added 2025-08-29
On 28 August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Lithuania and handed a diplomatic note of protest over the previous night's shelling of Ukraine, which...
Budrys discussed preparations for EU membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova in calls with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and EU Enlargement Commissioner
Added 2025-08-28
On 28 August, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys held telephone conversations with Taras Kachka, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, and Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement to...
Vice-Minister Mitkus: EU members bordering Russia and Belarus must receive increased funding from the EU budget
Added 2025-08-27
On 26 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus met with Timo Pesonen, the Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), who was visiting Vilnius. During the meeting,...
Budrys met with the US Ambassador to NATO: American troops on NATO's eastern flank are a key deterrent
Added 2025-08-26
On 26 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Matthew G. Whitaker, who is visiting Lithuania. During the meeting they discussed the main items on the agenda of transatlantic...
400th anniversary of first Lithuanian arrival in India
Added 2025-08-26
In Goa, India, the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Lithuanian – missionary Andrius Rudamina – was solemnly commemorated. On that occasion, an oak sculpture of Rudamina, carved by folk artist Juozas Kalinauskas, was unveiled in Se...
Lithuania delivers protest note to Russia: continued terror against Ukraine shows that Russia is not prepared to abandon its aggressive goals
Added 2025-08-21
On August 21, the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and presented with a protest note regarding the latest missile and...