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UN SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UKRAINE TO BE HELD ON 16 APRIL Added 2014-04-15 On 16 April at 4pm the United Nations Security Council will have a briefingon Ukraine. The Council will be briefed by Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović.  The meeting is called following the request by...
EU FOREIGN MINISTERS APPROVE MACRO-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE Added 2014-04-15 The Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 14 April in Luxembourg, which was also attended by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, approved macro-financial assistance of up to € 1 billion to support Ukraine’s...
Lithuania establishes diplomatic relations with the Republic of Sierra Leone Added 2014-04-15 On 15 April, in New York, H.E. Ms. Raimonda Murmokaitė, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, and H.E. Mr. Vandi Chidi Minah, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations,...
LITHUANIA URGED RUSSIA TO CEASE ACTIONS AIMED AT DESTABILIZING SITUATION IN UKRAINE Added 2014-04-14 13 April, New York. “Lithuania is deeply concerned with the sharpdeteriorationof the situation in Eastern Ukraine. External forces and provocateurs continue to fuelseparatism and hatred, destabilizing the situation in the Eastern Ukraine", -...
STATEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA ON THE SITUATION IN EASTERN UKRAINE Added 2014-04-13 We express strong support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We condemn actions of the separatists in the Donetsk region and other eastern regions of Ukraine – in Luhansk and Kharkiv. By means of such actions supported...
REMEMBERING GENOCIDE IN RWANDA LITHUANIAN MINISTER STRESSES THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT Added 2014-04-07 7 April, Vilnius. “International community has to learn from the failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago as we still face challenges in preventing genocide and crimes against humanity”, - noted Lithuania’s Minister of...
NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND ENLARGEMENT POLICY Added 2014-04-02 The meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on 1 April in Brussels focused on the changed European security situation due to Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine. Together with his counterparts from other member countries of the Alliance, the...
LITHUANIAN OFFICER BEGINS SERVICE IN THE PERMANENT MISSION OF LITHUANIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS Added 2014-04-01 On April 1 Lithuanian officer Colonel Darius Petryla will come into office as Military Representative of Lithuania at the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations, New York. 
PERSONNEL OF THE LITHUANIAN AIR FORCE TO BE DEPLOYED TO THE MISSION IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Added 2014-04-01 On April 2 Spartan C-27 J transport aircraft of the Lithuanian Air Force with a crew of ten will be formally deployed to the mission in the Central African Republic from the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai. When deployed, the...
AT THE FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING OF THE EU AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THE LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTRIES Added 2014-04-01 At the meeting of heads of diplomacy of the EU member states and African countries on 1 April in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius drew the attention of the African partners to the challenges facing Europe...