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TRADITIONAL SNOW MEETING TO BE HELD ALREADY FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN TRAKAI Added 2014-01-06 On 9-10 January in Trakai, the traditional Snow Meeting, which is organised by the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will gather various international security policymakers and experts in an informal fashion.
LITHUANIA BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Added 2014-01-06 On 6 January, Lithuania became a member of the consultative group of the UN Human Rights Council for 2014. In this group, Lithuania will be represented by Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations...
DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION AND SECURITY POLICY DEPARTMENT ATTENDS A CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY OF AIR CONTINGENTS CONDUCTING NATO’S BALTIC AIR POLICING MISSION Added 2014-01-03 On 3 January, the Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department Šarūnas Adomavičius attended a Change of Command ceremony, which acknowledged the transfer of the Baltic air policing...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HOSTS DISCUSSION WITH DIASPORA EXPERT FROM IRELAND Added 2014-01-03 On 3 January, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry held an informal meeting with Kingsley Aikins, the Irish diaspora expert, founder and CEO of Diaspora Matters. At the discussion which was moderated by the Director of the Foreign Ministry’s...
LITHUANIA COMMENCED ITS TERM ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL Added 2013-12-31 On 1 January 2014, Lithuania commenced a two year term on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). “Our seat on the Security Council gives us not only a unique opportunity to directly participate in global policy processes, but also...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS OF VOLGOGRAD BLASTS Added 2013-12-30 On 30 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov expressing his condolences to the victims of the terrorist attacks, which took...
LITHUANIAN, U.S., CANADIAN, AND EU DIPLOMATS VISIT BASHED UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST IN HOSPITAL Added 2013-12-30 On 27 December, Lithuanian diplomats and Ambassadors of Belgium, Estonia, France, Finland, Sweden, Germany, as well as the United States, Canada and representatives of the EU mission in Kyiv visited the bashed Ukrainian journalist Tetyana...
MFA’S COMMENT ON DESECRATION OF LITHUANIAN FLAG Added 2013-12-23 Such behaviour raises tensions and stokes ethnic discord. It is especially upsetting that such incidents occur right before the most important holidays of the year, when we wish each other peace and understanding. We hope that the Polish people...
MFA’S COMMENT ON DESECRATION OF LITHUANIAN FLAG Added 2013-12-22 Such behaviour raises tensions and stokes ethnic discord. It is especially upsetting that such incidents occur right before the most important holidays of the year, when we wish each other peace and understanding. We hope that the Polish people...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES RUSSIA’S NEW AMBASSADOR TO LITHUANIA Added 2013-12-20 On 20 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation between the European Union and Russia. “In...