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RSS Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with UNESCO Director-General, underlined the issues of freedom of expression and safety of journalists Added2021.01.27
On 27 January in Paris, France, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. The Foreign Minister praised the Director General for her efforts to create an effective UNESCO that would be prepared for modern challenges, and discussed the organisation's work on ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), common priorities for UNESCO and Lithuania in the fields of communication and information, freedom of expression, security of journalists, and Lithuania’s involvement in the fight against disinformation.

Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » Multilateral Relations »
In Paris, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis called for increasing pressure on Lukashenko's regime, strengthening support for democratic Belarus Added2021.01.27
On 27 January in Paris, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis opened a virtual seminar on the situation in Belarus together with his counterparts from France, Poland, Romania, and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis congratulated Antony Blinken on his appointment as the U.S. Secretary of State Added2021.01.27
On 26 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis congratulated Antony John Blinken on his new appointment after he was confirmed by the United States Senate as Secretary of State. The Biden administration will start working soon.

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In Paris, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Foreign Ministers of France and the Baltic states Added2021.01.27
On 26 January in Paris, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis took part in the first meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and France in the “3 + 1” format. The meeting was held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Baltic states and France.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis honoured Holocaust victims at the Paris Shoah Memorial Added2021.01.26
On 26 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis started his visit to Paris and visited the Shoah Memorial.

Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » Cultural Diplomacy »
In the meetings with NATO leaders, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis stressed that NATO was a key guarantor of the Baltic region and Euro-Atlantic space's security Added2021.01.26
On 26 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis visited NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, where he met with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Sir Stuart Peach, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Lithuania and the Netherlands are like-minded countries with similar views on many items on the EU agenda Added2021.01.25
On 25 January in Brussels, Belgium, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok. The meeting focused on the human rights situation in Russia, Belarus, and China, the Eastern Partnership initiative, and the implementation of the rule of law. The Foreign Ministers welcomed the fact that Lithuania and the Netherlands were very like-minded countries with similar views on many items on the European agenda, and foreign and security policy.

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RSS Lithuania offers human rights recommendations to Myanmar, Rwanda and Georgia Added2021.01.26
On 25 and 26 January, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor at the 37th session of the Working Group of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to address the human rights situation in Myanmar, Rwanda and in Georgia.
Lithuania offers human rights recommendations to Australia and Austria Added2021.01.22
On 20 and 22 January, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor at the 37th session of the Working Group of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to address the human rights situation in Australia and Austria.

Multilateral Relations » UN Security Council »
Lithuanian Righteous honored in Los Angeles Added2020.12.30
In commemoration of the Year of the Vilna Gaon and of the History of the Jews of Lithuania, Lithuanians who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust were honored in the oldest Holocaust museum in the United States.

News of Representations » Cultural Diplomacy »
Lithuania‘s Permanent Representative asks UN Special Rapporteur to react to Russia's illegal actions against Lithuanian judges in January 13 case Added2020.12.21
On 21 December, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas sent a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Diego García-Sayán regarding Russia's actions against Lithuanian justice officials in January 13 case and asked him to react in accordance with his mandate.

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In Geneva, Lithuania makes a statement on the human rights situation in Ukraine Added2020.12.18
On 18 December, Lithuania took the floor in the Interactive Dialogue with the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris on the human rights situation in Ukraine.

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Lithuania allocates funds in support of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Added2020.12.18
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania allocated three thousand euros to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in support of the activities of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.

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OSCE PC Statement on the Human Rights Violations and Abuses in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation – Two Years after the Publication of the Moscow Mechanism Report Added2020.12.17
December 17, 2020

I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Moscow Mechanism invoking participating States: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as the following countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.

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The 4th Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr. Architecture Award has been presented in Armenia Added2020.12.17
On 16 December, the 4th Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jr. Award has been presented at the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia. Anna Karamyan, a master degree student in architecture, has received the award for her work on the preservation and renovation of the monastery of the Mekhitarists in San Lazzaro degli Armeni island in Venice.

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Ambassador Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė met with Armenia's Minister of Environment Added2020.12.16
On December 14, Lithuanian Ambassador Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė met with Mr. Romanos Petrosyan, the new Minister of Environment of Armenia. The ongoing and planned bilateral projects in the sector of environment were discussed during the meeting. The Ambassador paid a great attention to the potential of cooperation in waste management, in particular to the possibility of transferring to Armenia the experience of Lithuanian deposit system.

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The meeting of the United States and Nordic-Baltic countries Political Directors Added2020.12.11
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