Baltic and Icelandic foreign ministers have highlighted the aspirations of Georgian people to continue taking the path of democracy as they arrived in Tbilisi on Wednesday. The controversial “foreign influence” law passed by the Georgian parliament on Tuesday blocks the way for the country’s Europea...
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On Sunday, May 12, Lithuania began its work in the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Friday officially opened the Lithuanian embassy in South Korea during his visit to Seoul, the ministry reports.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says the West must immediately tighten sanctions against Tehran after the weekend’s attack on Israel by Iran.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says Moscow’s latest accusation levelled at the Baltic States is yet another sign that Lithuania must boost its security.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on 2-3 February attended an informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) in Brussels to discuss further EU support, including military aid and sanctions, to help Ukraine fight the full-scale Russian aggression, the ministry said.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis hinted Lithuanian soldiers could be deployed to Gotland, Sweden’s largest island in the Baltic Sea, to protect it from Russia.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday visited Sweden, where he met with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, Defence Minister Pål Jonson and members of the Riksdag (Parliament), the ministry reports.
The Baltic States have decided to build a common defence line to prepare for a possible war, and this move should not be interpreted as calling Western commitments in doubt, says Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has landed in Vilnius today at around 10.30 a.m. It his second visit to Lithuania time since the Russian invasion.
The President’s Office and the Foreign Ministry are not at odds over the stalled appointment of an ambassador to Poland, says President Gitanas Nausėda, warning against overreaction.
On 18 December, the European Union adopted a new package of sanctions, stepping up restrictive measures against Russia. The package imposes additional restrictions on Russia’s economy and 147 individuals and entities are added to the sanctions list, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia...
On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda claimed that some politicians have been inconsistent in their policies concerning China, yet Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis disputed this and stressed that Lithuania’s position in relations with China has not changed.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis hopes that this week the European Council will adopt decisions favourable for Ukraine. Yet he admits that so far there are no alternatives in case Hungary keeps blocking talks on Ukraine’s EU accession.
Ukraine hopes to start real negotiations for European Union accession early next year, says Oleh Nikolenko, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Institutional reform of the EU should not be a mandatory condition for EU enlargement, he said.
The Presidium of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has tasked the party’s Political Committee to prepare an action plan to improve Lithuania’s security situation. Party’s leader and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis recently spoke out about emerging existent...
MP Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, proposes holding an advisory referendum regarding potential changes and funding of the national defence system.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has thanked Germany for its decision to deploy a brigade in Lithuania, the ministry reports.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Friday attended the 29th Baltic Council in Tallinn, Estonia, said the ministry.
Latvian Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš is ready to join the race for the NATO secretary general’s post, reports news website delfi.lv citing Bloomberg.