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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HOSTS DISCUSSION WITH DIASPORA EXPERT FROM IRELAND Added 2014-01-03 On 3 January, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry held an informal meeting with Kingsley Aikins, the Irish diaspora expert, founder and CEO of Diaspora Matters. At the discussion which was moderated by the Director of the Foreign Ministry’s...
LITHUANIA COMMENCED ITS TERM ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL Added 2013-12-31 On 1 January 2014, Lithuania commenced a two year term on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). “Our seat on the Security Council gives us not only a unique opportunity to directly participate in global policy processes, but also...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS OF VOLGOGRAD BLASTS Added 2013-12-30 On 30 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov expressing his condolences to the victims of the terrorist attacks, which took...
LITHUANIAN, U.S., CANADIAN, AND EU DIPLOMATS VISIT BASHED UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST IN HOSPITAL Added 2013-12-30 On 27 December, Lithuanian diplomats and Ambassadors of Belgium, Estonia, France, Finland, Sweden, Germany, as well as the United States, Canada and representatives of the EU mission in Kyiv visited the bashed Ukrainian journalist Tetyana...
MFA’S COMMENT ON DESECRATION OF LITHUANIAN FLAG Added 2013-12-22 Such behaviour raises tensions and stokes ethnic discord. It is especially upsetting that such incidents occur right before the most important holidays of the year, when we wish each other peace and understanding. We hope that the Polish people...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES RUSSIA’S NEW AMBASSADOR TO LITHUANIA Added 2013-12-20 On 20 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation between the European Union and Russia. “In...
LITHUANIAN PRESIDENCY ACHIEVEMENTS PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Added 2013-12-20 Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Rolandas Kriščiūnas on December 18 in Brussels presented to the Committee on Development (DEVE) of the European Parliament the achievements of the Lithuanian Presidency, which include agreements reached on...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER: LITHUANIA’S EU PRESIDENCY BRINGS TOGETHER RESEARCHERS WILLING TO WORK ON ENERGY SECURITY PROJECTS IN THE BALTIC REGION Added 2013-12-19 On 18 December in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas, the European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, and the Director-General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND GERMANY’S NEW MINISTER OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DISCUSS ITEMS ON EU AGENDA Added 2013-12-19 On 18 December in Berlin, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vytautas Leškevičius had bilateral consultations with the newly appointed Minister of State for European Affairs at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BIDS FAREWELL TO THE OUTGOING AMBASSADOR OF BELARUS Added 2013-12-19 On 19 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius bade farewell to the outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Lithuania Vladimir Drazhin. The Foreign Minister thanked V.Drazhin for his...