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L.LINKEVIČIUS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF SWEDISH PARLIAMENT DEBATE SECURITY ISSUES, DISCUSS SITUATION IN UKRAINE Added 2014-01-23 On 23 January in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with members of the Defence Commission of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag)  and discussed Lithuania’s experience of holding the EU...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO LITHUANIA Added 2014-01-23 On 23 January, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ukrainian Ambassador to Lithuania Valeriy Zhovtenko. He was requested to convey to the Ukrainian authorities Lithuania’s position on the recent events in Kyiv, during which...
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE EXCELLENTLY ASSESSES LITHUANIA’S EU PRESIDENCY Added 2014-01-22 At the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels on 22 January, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vytautas Leškevičius presented results of the Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council. According to the...
KAZAKH FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT LITHUANIA Added 2014-01-22 On 27 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrisov will be paying an official visit to Lithuania. During the visit, Y.Idrisov will meet with the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė, the Prime Minister Algirdas...
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA ON THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE Added 2014-01-22 We are deeply shocked by the death of several Euromaidan protesters and many more injured in Ukraine tonight. We express our deepest condolences to the families of victims. We condemn the use of military force and violence both by the government...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR URGED FOR PROGRESS IN RESOLUTION OF SYRIAN CRISIS Added 2014-01-21 Speaking at the United Nations Security Council Open debate, which took place on January 20, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė expressed deep concern about current situation...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR URGES POLITICAL SOLUTION TO SYRIAN CRISIS Added 2014-01-21 Speaking at the United Nations Security Council Open debate, which took place on January 20, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė expressed deep concern about current situation...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: UKRAINE’S POLITICAL CRISIS MUST BE ADDRESSED VIA NEGOTIATIONS, NOT THROUGH LIMITATIONS OR FORCE Added 2014-01-20 On 20 January in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, which discussed preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 27 and 28 January. According to the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL IN BRUSSELS Added 2014-01-17 On 20 January in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius will attend the meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council. In the light of the EU-Russia summit on 27 and 28 January, the Council will debate the...
L.LINKEVIČIUS: LITHUANIA AND ITALY - STRONG PARTNERS WITHIN EUROPEAN UNION AND UNITED NATIONS Added 2014-01-17 On 16 January, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who is visiting the Vatican City and Italy, met with Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino. The meeting discussed important issues related to the European...