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Lithuania expresses its support for safety of journalists and media freedom in fight against COVID-19 pandemic Added 2020-04-16 On 15 April, the four Groups of Friends on the Safety of Journalists at UNESCO, the United Nations, and the OSCE issued the first joint statement on the safety of journalists and access to information during the COVID-19 crisis. Lithuania, which...
N. Germanas: Fight against COVID-19 pandemic cannot be successful without EU’s strong and united global response Added 2020-04-10 On 8 April, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas participated in an informal meeting via videoconference of Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss ways to support developing countries in the fight against the pandemic, as...
Lithuania participates in the virtual informal conversation with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on response to COVID-19 Added 2020-04-09 On 9 April 2020, at the informal discussion with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Geneva Lithuania together with other member states expressed support for human rights-based approach in addressing...
L. Linkevičius: EU needs to join efforts to repatriate EU citizens from third countries Added 2020-04-02 On 23 March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a video conference of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers, who exchanged views on the international response to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with a...
General Affairs Council takes decisions on enlargement, attempts to step up coordination efforts to fight against COVID-19 pandemic Added 2020-04-02 On 24 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zanavičius participated in a video conference of Ministers for European Affairs. Ministers discussed the EU’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as exchanged views on...
Joint Statement of Nordic-Baltic Foreign Ministers meeting on 16 March 2020 Added 2020-03-17 The Foreign Ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and the State Secretary of Norway discussed over the video conference today the response to the situation caused by the spread of COVID-19 corona virus.
L. Linkevičius: Solidarity measures will contribute to strengthening of EU’s external borders Added 2020-03-10 On 6 March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the Extraordinary Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Zagreb, Croatia. The meeting that was organized upon the request of Greece focused  on the...
L. Linkevičius urges to refrain from traveling to Moscow to mark victories of Russia’s military policy Added 2020-03-06 On 5 March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) in Zagreb, which focused on the EU’s common policy towards Russia.
Vilnius to host Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Bucharest 9 Added 2020-03-06 On 10 and 11 March, the Foreign Ministers of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, and Bulgaria will take part in the Bucharest 9 meeting in Vilnius. The event will also be attended by special guests: the U.S....
L. Linkevičius: We support Euro-Atlantic integration of North Macedonia and Albania, and call for further reform Added 2020-03-05 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited Skopje, North Macedonia, and the Albanian capital of Tirana together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Jacek Czaputowicz, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia...