Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
On 21 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis discussed the issue of illegal migration to Lithuania with his EU counterparts at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg. In the bilateral meeting, Landsbergis also discussed the situation along the Lithuanian state border with the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein.
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RSS Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis tells his Iraqi counterpart that Minsk has used Iraqis for evil purposes
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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: The EU's sanctions are against the regime, not the people of Belarus
Added2021.06.21
Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » European Union »On 21 June, the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg focused on the EU's response to repression and systematic human rights violations by the Belarusian regime. Prior to the meeting, Foreign Ministers had an informal breakfast meeting with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, representative of the Belarusian pro-democratic forces, who came to Luxembourg at the invitation of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell. In the meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis voiced his strong support to the people of Belarus, who were struggling for democratic change in the country. According to Lithuania's Foreign Minister, Belarusians must know that they will not be left to fight the regime on their own. The EU is ready to provide serious economic support for the democratic transformation of Belarus.
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The Foreign Ministry's statement on parliamentary elections in Armenia
Added2021.06.21
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On 20 June, snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia. We congratulate the citizens of Armenia, who have exercised their right to vote and actively participated in the parliamentary elections.
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Lithuania regrets Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty, calls for a rethink and return to its implementation
Added2021.06.18
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Lithuania regrets Russia's decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies in December this year, calls on the country to reconsider this action and to return to the full compliance with the Treaty.
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The Midsummer Snow Meeting organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs begins
Added2021.06.17
News of the Ministry »On 17-18 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds the informal Midsummer Snow Meeting, which will bring Lithuanian and foreign security experts together to discuss challenges posed to the transatlantic community and responses to them.
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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: We welcome the decision of the EU member states to announce a new package of sanctions in view of the situation in Belarus
Added2021.06.16
Activities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs » Multilateral Relations » European Union »
On 16 June in Brussels, the Coreper approved a new package of sanctions against the physical persons and legal entities (78 individuals and 7 companies), who are responsible for systematic human rights violations and repression in Belarus, as well as involved in the forced landing of a Ryanair aircraft in Minsk and the detention of Raman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega.
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Lithuania hands a note of protest to Russia’s representative over a violation of its airspace
Added2021.06.16
Bilateral Relations » Speeches, Statements »
On 16 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in order to express its protest over a violation of the airspace.
- RSS Doorstep by Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, at the Foreign Affairs Council, taking place on 21 June 2021, in Luxembourg Added2021.06.21 Media Monitor on Lithuania and its Foreign Policy »
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Speech by the Vice-Minister A. Pranckevičius at the inaugural Plenary meeting of the Conference on the Future of Europe in Strasbourg
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Multilateral Relations »On 19 June, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius addressed the inaugural Plenary meeting of the Conference on the Future of Europe held in Strasbourg.
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At the OSCE Permanent Council Lithuania speaks against the politicization of history
Added2021.06.18
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On 17 June, at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in answer to Russia’s distorted narrative on the Second World War, Lithuania drew attention to the dangers of using historical revisionism as a tool of state policy.
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Lithuania allocates funds in support of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine
Added2021.06.18
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In order to support the efforts of the United Nations (UN) in the field of human rights, Lithuania has allocated 15 thousand euros to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).
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Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic States at the UNGA debate on the “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia"
Added2021.06.17
Multilateral Relations » Speeches, Statements »
Statement by Lithuania on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic States: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden at the UNGA debate on the “Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia”.
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Informal video conference of EU development ministers focuses on middle-income countries and human development
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Multilateral Relations » European Union » Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion »On 14 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius attended the informal video conference of development ministers, which EU Development Ministers informally exchanged views on middle-income countries (MICs)- development in transition, and human development.
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Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Adomėnas and the U.S. representatives discuss the perpetuation of the memory of the Holocaust and heritage issues
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On 14 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantas Adomėnas met with the U.S. Department of State’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Cherrie Daniels and Paul Packer, Chairman of the United States Commission For the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
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Lithuania's Diplomacy Star awarded to Austrian Permanent Representative in Geneva
Added2021.06.11
Bilateral Relations » News of Representations »On 11 June, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas handed over, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star award to the Austrian Permanent Representative in Geneva Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger.
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euobserver.com: Faced with Russian imperialist creep, EU has to get geopolitical, June 9, 2021
Added2021.06.09
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By Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
When a plane from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land in Minsk with threats of explosion and the scrambling of a military fighter jet, this was met with an uproar of shock and anger from the European capitals.
It seemed, at the time, like the vindication of Jean Monnet's famous words, "Europe will be forged in crises".
Speedily and unanimously, Europe decided on crisis response and on the sanctions vis-à-vis president Alexander Lukashenko's regime that keeps Belarusian people captive. Europe was magnificent.
There is a danger of complacency creeping in, however, as we congratulate ourselves for our fine performance. Let's take a step back and take stock of the larger perspective – what is happening here, precisely?
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Lithuania and the UN Group of Friends for the Protection of Journalists release a Joint Statement on the detention of the journalist Raman Pratasevich, Sofia Sapega
Added2021.06.09
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On June 8, Lithuania, together with the co-chairs of the United Nations Group of Friends for the Protection of Journalists, France and Greece, and members of the Group released a Joint Statement on the detention by the Belarusian authorities of journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega.
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