Baltic states call on the EU to take firm measures if Russia does not release Navalny
Added 2021-01-18
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Urmas Reinsalu, Edgars Rinkēvičs, and Gabrielius Landsbergis sent a letter to the High Representative Josep Borrell, calling on the EU to step up its efforts to pressure Russia...
Ambassador Audra Plepytė elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board Bureau
Added 2021-01-13
On 12 January, the Ambassador Audra Plepytė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, was elected as the President of the Bureau of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: COVID-19 vaccine must be made available to Eastern Partners under the same conditions as to the Western Balkans Partners
Added 2021-01-06
On 6 January, Ministers of 13 member states of the European Union called on the European Commissioners for health and for international cooperation with the EU partners, as well as on the European Commission to set up a support mechanism to allow...
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: We need to protect our citizens and refuse politically motivated extradition requests
Added 2020-12-29
On 29 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with the European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová and discussed the European Democracy Action Plan....
Lithuania welcomes the EU-UK partnership agreement
Added 2020-12-24
Just before the holidays, on 24 December, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed on partnership agreement governing the future relations.
Baltic Foreign Ministers agreed on a charter flight from the United Kingdom
Added 2020-12-23
On 23 December, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia announced that they had agreed on a humanitarian flight for citizens of the three Baltic states from the United Kingdom.
The Baltic states call on the EU to coordinate and make joint decisions on the situation with the United Kingdom
Added 2020-12-21
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Foreign Ministers called on the German Presidency of the European Union to coordinate and make joint decisions on the situation with the United Kingdom, where a new variant of Covid may have been spreading.
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis participated in the NB8 Foreign Ministers' meeting, called for continued support to civil society in Belarus
Added 2020-12-21
On 18 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended a virtual meeting of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) Foreign Ministers. Ministers discussed the transatlantic link, the situation in Belarus, prospects for...
In discussions with his Nordic counterparts, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Landsbergis raised the issues of support for civil society in Belarus, the threat posed by the unsafe Ostrovets NPP
Added 2020-12-18
On 17 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, and the Danish Foreign...
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis had a conversation with his Turkish counterpart and stressed the need to strengthen NATO's unity
Added 2020-12-18
On 17 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The Foreign Ministers welcomed the intensifying ties between the two countries and...