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Lithuania’s statement at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine Added 2015-03-06 Mr. President, Thank you for convening today‘s meeting and let me also thank the three briefers for their valuable yet sobering contributions. Following the diplomatic efforts in the Normandy format aimed at finding a solution to the...
MFA statement on the murder of Boris Nemtsov Added 2015-03-02 Lithuanian MFA condemns the murder of famous Russian politician and one of the opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov. This brutal crime, which, according to the preliminary data, was well planned and organized, must be immediately investigated, and...
MFA statement on N. Savchenko unlawful detention and imprisonment Added 2015-02-26 Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the unlawful arrest and detention of the Ukrainian Air Force pilot Nadiya Savchenko and other Ukrainian citizens.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania on Crimea Added 2015-02-26 The Republic of Lithuania expresses strong support to Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. Russian Federation's military aggression, launched a year ago in the Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and now continuing...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing on the Middle East (Syria) Added 2015-02-26 I thank the Chinese Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of February for convening this briefing. I also thank Assistant Secretary General for the Humanitarian Affairs Kyung-wha Kang and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council open debate on maintenance of international peace and security Added 2015-02-24 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On 24 October 1945 the United Nations  came into existence  in response to the unspeakable horrors of World War II, which left an indelible scar of the Holocaust on the...
Lithuanian and Chinese Foreign Ministers discuss bilateral trade and implementation of Minsk Agreements Added 2015-02-24 On the eve of the debate of the United Nations Security Council on 22 February in New York, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi discussed strengthening trade relations, in...
Lithuania's statement at the UN Security Council briefing by OSCE Chair Added 2015-02-24 Mr. President, I wish to welcome Minister Dacić to the Council in his capacity as the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. Forty years ago the Helsinki Final Act spelt out fundamental principles governing relations from Vancuver to Vladivostok:...
Minister Linas Linkevičius: let’s not ignore the attempts to redraw the map of Europe Added 2015-02-24 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the UN Security Council open debate on Maintaining International Peace and Security:  reflect on history, reaffirm the strong commitment to the purpose and the...
In New York, L.Linkevičius meets with Foreign Ministers of the UAE, New Zealand and Malaysia Added 2015-02-23 In the margins of the United Nations Security Council’s open debate on 23 February in New York, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and New Zealand. They...