On 18 September in Brussels, the Vice-Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council. The Council held a debate on the multiannual financial framework for 202-2027.

On 14 September in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius participated in political talks on the European Commission‘s proposed reform of financing of the EU‘s external policies.

On 13 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius met with the Deputy Minister for EU Affairs of Estonia Matti Maasikas in Tallinn.

On 12 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with the new Ambassador of Thailand to Lithuania Vichit Chitvimarn, who resides in the Kingdom of Denmark. On the same day, the Ambassador presented the letters of credence to President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

On 10 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas met with the new Ambassador of the Netherlands to Lithuania Bonnie Pascalle Evelyn Horbach. The meeting focused on bilateral relations, cooperation in the fields of energy and security.

On 7 September in Vilnius, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas met with Takanori Kawai, Vice Governor of the Gifu Prefecture in Japan, and members of the business delegation led by Lithuania's Honorary Consul in Japan Yukio Murase. The Japanese delegation came to Lithuania to take part in the 2nd Sugihara Week in Kaunas, a series of events dedicated to the famous Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara.

Opinion by Linas Linkevicius

Conventional wisdom has it that symbols in politics matter. History tends to repeat itself, especially if we fail to learn its lessons.

August is rife with tragic historical anniversaries which remind us of the lessons we have not learned: Ten years of the Russian aggression against Georgia; 50 years since the Soviet tanks crushed the peaceful protests in Prague; 79 years since the notorious Molotov-Ribbentrop pact that sealed the fate of millions of Europeans and turned the peaceful lands into “bloodlands,” to borrow Timothy Snyder’s phrase.

While the horrendous lessons of World War II and the urge to ensure “Never again” gave rise to the institutions which are at the core of the our world today, such as the North Atlantic Alliance, or NATO, (and the European Union), the more recent events demonstrate we are still failing to hold the perpetrators to account.

On 27 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas received the new Ambassador of Cuba to Lithuania Eduardo Lazo Pérez, who resides in Helsinki. On the same day, the Ambassador of Cuba presented letters of credence to the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė.

On 20 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael J. Murphy.

On 31 July, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with members of the Special Committee on the Okinawa and Northern Problems of the Legislative Bureau of the House of Representatives in the National Diet of Japan: Katsuhiko Yokomitsu, Akinori Eto and Kōichi Watanabe.