Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
In the evening of 23 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis informed the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell about the latest provocations by Belarus against the EU and Lithuania.
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RSS Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: EU's maximum involvement in destroying illegal migration routes via Turkey and Iraq is needed
Added2021.07.24
Bilateral Relations » Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » European Union »
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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and the Head of NATO discussed security in the region
Added2021.07.23
Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » NATO and International Security »
Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a telephone conversation, and discussed the situation at the Lithuanian state border with Belarus.
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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis tells his Iraqi counterpart: Once again, we call for solving the problem with air travel to Minsk
Added2021.07.22
Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » European Union »
Tonight, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with the Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and once again urged him to address the problem of the air transport channel for irregular migration between Baghdad and Minsk.
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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: EU must have a response plan for Russia's possible provocations in the EU’s neighbourhood
Added2021.07.21
Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » European Union »On 20 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis discussed challenges posed by flows of illegal migrants from Belarus to Lithuania and thanked our EU partners for their solidarity and support at a meeting with the EU Ambassadors, who are residing in and accredited to Lithuania.
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Taiwan to open its representative office in Lithuania
Added2021.07.20
Bilateral Relations » News of the Ministry »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania informs that it has received a notification from Taipei that a Taiwanese representative office will be opened in Lithuania. It will start its activities as soon as the head of the office arrives already this summer.
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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Solidarity among democratic states is the strongest weapon against totalitarian regimes
Added2021.07.16
Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » NATO and International Security »On 16 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis took part in the Atlantic Council's remote conversation "The Fight for Freedom in Eastern Europe and Beyond”.
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Lithuania and Iraq agree on closer cooperation in tackling the irregular migrant crisis
Added2021.07.15
Bilateral Relations » Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs »In Iraq, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein agreed to work together to tackle the irregular migrant crisis.
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RSS Lithuania's Foreign Ministry signs a cooperation agreement with Kaunas University of Technology
Added2021.07.22
News of the Ministry »On 22 July, the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Inga Černiuk and the Rector of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Valatka signed a cooperation agreement between the Foreign Ministry and KTU.
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At the OSCE Permanent Council, Lithuania's demands for Belarus to stop sending illegal migrants to its territory
Added2021.07.19
Multilateral Relations »
On 16 July, Lithuania informed the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of a sharp increase in the number of third country nationals illegally crossing the state border from Belarus into Lithuania over the past two months.
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Seimas revises asylum application procedures in response to the influx of irregular migrants
Added2021.07.15
The MFA informs about adoption by the Seimas of the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and the accompanying legislation (Draft No XIVP-719(2)), thereby providing for faster processing of asylum applications and restricting some of the rights of asylum seekers in cases where the state is not in a position to guarantee their rights due to a state of war or state of emergency, as well as emergency or an emergency event due to the mass influx of foreigners.
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Lithuania asks UNHCR and IOM to react to the increased flow of third-country irregular migrants from Belarus
Added2021.07.14
On 12 July, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas sent letters to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi and the Director General of the International Organization for Migration Mr. António Vitorino in which he provided detailed information on the increased flow of third-country irregular migrants from Belarus to Lithuania and asked respective organizations to react in accordance with their mandates.
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Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry seeks to revitalise systematic cooperation with Lithuanian universities
Added2021.07.12
News of the Ministry »On 12 July, the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Inga Černiuk and the Rector of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Prof. Dr. Inga Žalėnienė signed a cooperation agreement between the Foreign Ministry and the MRU.
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Statement of the Nordic-Baltic countries at the HRC47 Annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women
Added2021.07.06
News of Representations »
Panel 2: Gender-equal socioeconomic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
Intervention by the Nordic and Baltic States
delivered by H.E. Amb. Andrius Krivas, Permanent Representative of Lithuania in Geneva
6 July 2021 -
At the UN Human Rights Council, Lithuania supports the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Added2021.07.06
News of Representations »On 5 July, at the 47th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) Interactive Dialogue took place with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin, who presented report on significant deterioration of human rights situation in the country and made some recommendations.
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Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister Pranckevičius attends a virtual discussion on Ukraine’s reform process
Added2021.07.02
Bilateral Relations » Multilateral Relations » European Union »On 2 July, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius took part in an online event “Economy, environment, education – possible seeds for Ukraine’s growth?”, during which the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform presented its proposals regarding Ukraine’s priorities for the future reform agenda. According to the initiators of the civil initiative, there must be three guiding principles for reform: a new quality of education, new elements of economic growth, and a new environmental policy.
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Statement of the Nordic-Baltic countries at the HRC47 Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Added2021.07.01
Multilateral Relations » News of Representations » Speeches, Statements »
Intervention by the Nordic and Baltic States
delivered by H.E. Amb. Andrius Krivas, Permanent Representative of Lithuania in Geneva
1 July 2021 -
At the Human Rights Council Lithuania once again condemns Russia's actions against Lithuanian justice officials in January 13 case
Added2021.06.28
News of Representations »On 28 June at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor in the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Diego García-Sayán and once again condemned Russia's actions against Lithuanian justice officials, who investigated and tried the tragic and complex January 13 case.
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