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RSS Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Ambassador of Finland Added2021.04.09
On 9 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis received the Ambassador of Finland to Lithuania Arja Inkeri Makkonen.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis received the outgoing Ambassador of Armenia Added2021.04.09
On 8 April in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the outgoing Ambassador of Armenia to Lithuania Tigran Mkrtchyan.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with a group of Ambassadors residing in Lithuania Added2021.04.08
In a meeting with the Ambassadors of Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Spain's Chargés d'affaires ad interim residing in Lithuania on 8 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis stressed the priority of Lithuania’s foreign policy to expand the space of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights both within the European Union and beyond.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis pays tribute to the victims of the Holocaust at the Paneriai Memorial Added2021.04.08
On 8 April, on the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah ve HaGevurah), the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust at the Paneriai Memorial. The Foreign Minister noted that a big layer of the Lithuanian culture and identity had been destroyed during the Holocaust, but each lost life was of the greatest importance. Therefore, the memory must be cherished and passed on to future generations.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: United Europe is strong, so we must take into account issues of common interest to all EU countries, regardless of their geography Added2021.04.07
On 7 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain Arancha González Laya, who is visiting Vilnius. The Foreign Ministers discussed bilateral relations, security situation in the region, and the most important items on the EU and international agendas.

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Spain's Foreign Minister to visit Lithuania Added2021.04.06
On 7 April the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain Arancha González Laya will be visiting Vilnius. The meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will focus on bilateral relations, security situation in the region, and the most important items on the EU and international agendas.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and his Canadian counterpart discussed issues of bilateral and international cooperation Added2021.04.01
On 1 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and his Canadian counterpart Marc Garneau discussed topical issues of bilateral and international cooperation.

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RSS Lithuania allocates funds in support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Added2021.04.08
To support the efforts of the United Nations in the field of human rights, Lithuania has allocated 30 thousand euros to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

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Lithuania provides support to Syrian refugees, advocates for accountability for crimes Added2021.03.31
On 30 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomėnas took part in the fifth Brussels Conference 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' and voiced Lithuania’s support for refugees affected by conflict in Syria and for internally displaced persons. The conference took place in a virtual format. Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister also expressed Lithuania’s support for the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and for a peaceful solution to the Syria conflict, in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, as well as stressed the need to seek accountability for crimes committed in Syria.

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Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study Added2021.03.31
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.

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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister discussed bilateral cooperation and issues of the Eastern Partnership policy with the Ambassador of Romania Added2021.03.25
On 23 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomėnas had a meeting with the Ambassador of Romania to
Lithuania Cosmin George Dinescu via video conferencing. The meeting focused on prospects of bilateral relations, the Covid-19 situation in both countries and the European Union’s neighbourhood, cooperation in NATO, and issues of the Eastern Partnership policy.

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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Pranckevičius: A Digital Green Certificate should only include vaccines approved by the EU Added2021.03.23
On 23 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Arnoldas Pranckevičius took part in an informal video conference of European affairs ministers, which prepared for the European Council on 25 and 26 March.

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Vice-Minister M. Adomėnas took part in the meeting of International Coalition for Sahel Added2021.03.20
On 19 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomėnas spoke at the second meeting of the foreign ministers of International Coalition for the Sahel. Deputy Minister welcomed results of G5 Summit at N’Djamena that assessed the situation in Sahel and reiterated that Lithuania will maintain its commitment to participation in the United Nations' (UN) MINUSMA operation and European Union's (EU) Training Mission in Mali.

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Restrictions to freedom of religion and belief discussed at a side-event of a session of the Human Rights Council Added2021.03.19
On 19 March, a virtual side-event of the 46th session of the Human Rights Council on the restrictions to freedom of religion and belief on the grounds of „religious extremism“ took place.

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Statement of the Nordic-Baltic countries at the HRC46 Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights situation in Myanmar Added2021.03.12
Intervention by the Nordic-Baltic states
delivered by the Ambassador Andrius Krivas, Permanent Representative of Lithuania in Geneva

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Lithuania seeks to strengthen its cooperation with Japan Added2021.03.10
On 10 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation with the Ambassador of Japan in Vilnius Shiro Yamasaki.

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Joint statement by Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the United Kingdom Added2021.03.10
Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets of Estonia today hosted Dominic Raab of the United Kingdom, Edgars Rinkēvičs of Latvia and Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania in Tallinn for a meeting of UK and Baltic Foreign Ministers. Ministers had an in-depth discussion of foreign policy issues and how to increase cooperation between the Baltic States and the United Kingdom.

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