LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY’S STATEMENT ON ATTACK IN PAKISTAN
Added 2013-09-23
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns a suicide attack on 22 September in Pakistan and calls on the Pakistani Government to take urgent action to ensure the protection of ethnic and religious minorities in the country, as...
HONORARY CHAIR OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY SIMONAS ALPERAVIČIUS RECEIVES LITHUANIAN DIPLOMACY STAR
Added 2013-09-21
On 21 September, the award of honour of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Lithuanian Diplomacy Star – was conferred on Simonas Alperavičius, the Honorary Chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community that has shown an outstanding...
L.LINKEVIČIUS TO ATTEND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK
Added 2013-09-20
As part of the delegation led by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius will travel to New York on 21 September to attend the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the...
70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIQUIDATION OF VILNA GHETTO WILL BE COMMEMORATED IN BRUSSELS
Added 2013-09-20
A commemoration of the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of the Lithuanian Jews and the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto will take place in the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union on 23...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES THE NEED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST TO FUTURE GENERATIONS
Added 2013-09-20
At the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto at the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on 20 September, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius stressed the need to always remember the terrible...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND MOROCCAN REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS LITHUANIA’S EU PRESIDENCY AND EU-MOROCCO COOPERATION
Added 2013-09-19
On 19 September in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius and Morocco’s Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Youssef Amrani discussed Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council...
EUROPEAN UNION’S GOAL: TIMELY APPROVAL OF A TRILLION EURO BUDGET
Added 2013-09-19
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, members of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets and Chairman Alain Lamassoure discussed the approval and implementation of the of the EU budget - multiannual financial framework...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONVEYS HIS CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF A LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
Added 2013-09-19
On 19 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius expressed his condolences over the death of Lithuanian customs officer Audrius Šenavičius in northern Kosovo to the bereaved family and strongly condemned the...
VILNIUS HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING OF EU SECURITY POLICY DIRECTORS
Added 2013-09-18
On 17-18 September, Vilnius hosted an informal meeting of EU Security Policy Directors, which discussed key issues on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) agenda and the preparation for the European Council in December with discussions on...
STATEMENT OF THE LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON SYRIA CONFLICT
Added 2013-09-17
The United Nations Mission Report on 16 September stated in clear and unequivocal terms that chemical weapons were used in Syria affecting civilian population. The use of chemical weapons under any circumstances is a grave violation of...