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Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN: the rule of law in fight against terrorism is essential Added 2015-02-17 The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, chaired by Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, in response to the initiative of the Permanent Mission of France, held an open briefing on 10 February with...
Statement of Lithuanian MFA on the killing of Egyptian Copts Added 2015-02-16 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns the killing of Egyptian Copts and extends the deepest sympathy of Lithuanian people to the families of the victims and to all Egyptians. Barbaric crimes by "Islamic" State against...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister and Israeli Ambassador discuss prospects of cooperation Added 2015-02-13 On 12 February, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius received Israel’s new Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon. Minister stressed that the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Vilnius would further strengthen the partnership...
Ukraine crisis created 'new reality' for NATO alliance. CNN, February 11, 2015 Added 2015-02-12 Lithuanian FM Linas Linkevicius tells Christiane Amanpour that the West ought by not supporting Ukraine with arms, the West would not be contributing to a peaceful solution....
New Honorary Consulate of Lithuania opens in Poland Added 2015-02-12 Lithuania’s Honorary Consulate,  headed by lawyer Tomasz Arthur Koson, was opened in Wrocław, Poland, on 6 February. Now there are eight Honorary Consulates in Poland.  At the opening ceremony, Šarūnas Adomavičius, Ambassador of...
Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister’s meetings at the European Parliament focus on situation in Ukraine and information security Added 2015-02-12 On 11 February, during the meeting in the European Parliament  in Strasbourg Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas, together with Vice-Chairmen of the European Parliament Ryszard Czarnecki and Ioan Mircea Paşcu,...
A Campaign In Support Of Ukrainian Fighter Pilot Nadiya Savchenko Added 2015-02-11 During the Foreign Affairs Council that took place on Monday, 9 February, 2015 Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius initiated a campaign in support of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was captured by Russian...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister stresses the need to strengthen the EU’s external border security Added 2015-02-11 On 10 February, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas participated in the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels. At the meeting the Latvian Work Programme of the EU Council Presidency was presented and...
Lithuanian and Romanian Foreign Ministers discuss closer cooperation Added 2015-02-10 In the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 9 February in Brussels, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs of Linas Linkevičius met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Bogdan Lucian Aurescu to discuss prospects of...
EU Foreign Ministers Delay Russia Sanctions. wsj.com, February 9, 2015 Added 2015-02-10 ByLaurence Norman and Naftali Bendavid BRUSSELS—European Union foreign ministers on Monday delayed for a week the implementation of sanctions against a new group of individuals and companies in Russia and eastern Ukraine, citing momentum behind...