Budrys visited the European Court of Auditors and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
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On 22 April, during a working visit to Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys visited the European Court of Auditors (ECA) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
Budrys on the painful lessons of European history: the examples of Bucha and Irpin today once again prove that, as memory fades, mass graves return
Added 2026-04-21
On 21 April, Estonia joined Lithuania's initiative in Brussels to inaugurate a European memorial for the victims of totalitarian regimes. The official letter, in which Estonia confirms its participation in this project and allocates financial...
Budrys at the EU Foreign Affairs Council: there is no Trojan horse in the room
Added 2026-04-21
Today, on 21 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys is participating in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where the EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the EU's response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine,...
Budrys in Luxembourg: the crisis in the Middle East cannot reduce strategic attention to Ukraine
Added 2026-04-21
On 21 April, in Luxembourg, the head of Lithuania’s diplomacy, who participated in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council, emphasized that in the context of the Middle East crisis, the EU must maintain an active political role, contribute...
During his meeting with Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Budrys raised the issue of a legal case of Lithuanian customs officer killed while serving with an international mission
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On 19 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, met with Glauk Konjufca, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Kosovo. The bilateral meeting took place on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum....
Budrys on Ukrainian children abducted by Russia: The international community must step up its efforts to ensure that the abducted children could return to their families
Added 2026-04-19
On 19 April, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with Najat Maalla M’jid, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence against Children.
Budrys met with the leaders of the Crimean Tatars: the international 'silence' regarding occupied Crimea is unacceptable
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On 18 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the leaders of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov.
Budrys at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum: Russia remains a direct and long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security, and its actions are testing the Alliance’s resilience
Added 2026-04-18
On 18 April, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys participated in a discussion at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum titled “Securing Europe: Unity and Strategic Renewal towards NATO Ankara Summit.”
Budrys at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum: We have no time to waste – NATO must meet the 5% defense spending target sooner
Added 2026-04-18
On 18 April, Kęstutis Budrys, who left for a working visit to Turkey, met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Šekerinska, with whom he discussed preparations for the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara.
At the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Budrys raised the issue of the name registration of the Tian Shan peaks, which were first summited by Lithuanian mountaineers
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On 17 April, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys met with Ayaz Baetov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Kyrgyzstan, on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.