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Budrys: Lithuania is interested in strengthening dialogue with the UAE Added 2026-07-14 On 13 June, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates, Lana Nusseibeh, on the margins of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. The Ministers discussed bilateral relations between Lithuania and the UAE, the security situation in the Middle East, support for Ukraine and the agenda for EU-UAE relations.

Budrys at the Foreign Affairs Council: EU heads into its summer recess with a list of unfinished work Added 2026-07-13 On 13 July, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, participates in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Brussels. According to the head of Lithuania's diplomacy, the last meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers before the summer recess takes place today, and there is still unfinished business on the desks. This means that the necessary decisions will be delayed till autumn.

Budrys in Brussels emphasized continued support for Ukraine, pressure on Russia, and countering hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea Added 2026-07-13 On 13 July, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, attended the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, which focused on support for Ukraine, measures to increase pressure on Russia and the situation in the Middle East.

Foreign Minister Budrys to attend EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels Added 2026-07-12 On 13 July, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys will participate in the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union (EU) in Brussels.

Lithuania joins other countries marking the 10th anniversary of the Philippines-China South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award Added 2026-07-12 On 12 July, Lithuania joined the statement by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, the Republic of the Philippines, Romania, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the landmark ruling handed down by the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea case, unanimously adopted under Annex VII to the...

Representatives of the Embassies of the Baltic States in Moscow make a joint demarche at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Added 2026-07-10 Today, 10 July 2026, Chargés d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassies of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in Moscow made a joint demarche at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, strongly rejecting blatantly false public statements from 4 July 2026 by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Mikhail Galuzin.

OSCE Moscow Mechanism expert mission: Russia’s militarization and indoctrination of abducted Ukrainian children could amount to a crime against humanity Added 2026-07-10 On 9 July, the findings were presented by the OSCE Moscow Mechanism expert mission, which was invoked by Lithuania and 40 other OSCE participating states to investigate Russia’s militarization and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.

Budrys: A Moldova integrated into the EU is in the interest of all Europe Added 2026-07-09 On 9 July in Vilnius, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova Valeriu Chiveri, responsible for reintegrating Moldova's Transnistrian region.

Ambassador Kudzmanas presented his letter of credence to the Director-General of the UN Office at Vienna and the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Added 2026-07-13 On 13 July, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the International Organizations in Vienna, Ambassador Kęstutis Kudzmanas, presented his letter of credence to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Monica Juma.

Added 2026-07-03 On 3 July, Vilnius hosted quadrilateral consultations between Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Germany on issues related to the Indo-Pacific region. The consultations were attended by Directors of the Departments for Indo-Pacific affairs in the Foreign Ministries, and the Lithuanian delegation was led by the Head of the Directorate for Indo-Pacific Ričardas Šlepavičius.

Added 2026-07-03 On 2 July, the Lithuanian Permanent Representation organised the second edition of the conference “Be(a)ware! Advancing the Fight Against FIMI”. The event, which gathered a large audience of Brussels-based diplomats, think-tanks, experts, European Union (EU) and NATO officials, focused on the best practices of the EU for countering disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI),...

Added 2026-07-02 On 2 July, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Taurimas Valys discussed possibilities to develop data and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Lithuania, including building mega data centers and developing advanced AI computing capabilities, with a representative of Yotta Data Services, India's provider of accelerated computing, a leader that drives the charge in Deep Tech and Applied AI.

Added 2026-07-02 On 1 July, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Taurimas Valys participated in the DIGITALEUROPE Summer Summit 2026 in Brussels, where he discussed priorities for Europe’s digital future and presented Lithuania’s preparations for its 2027 Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Added 2026-07-01 On 30 June, In Vilnius, Lithuania and Finland held bilateral political consultations . The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus and Joakim Strand, the Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering, discussed bilateral cooperation, priorities for the preparation of the Presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2027, support for Ukraine and regional security issues.

Added 2026-06-30 On 30 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Taurimas Valys, met with Marta Poslad, Head of Public Policy & Government Relations for Central and Eastern Europe at Google. The meeting focused on the priorities of the upcoming Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU and transatlantic cooperation in the field of technology.

Added 2026-06-29 On 25-26 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taurimas Valys, who visited Washington, D.C., on the sidelines of the second Pax Silica Summit, met with representatives of the U.S. technology, semiconductor, and financial sectors to discuss economic security, advanced technologies, and investment development.

Added 2026-06-25 On 24 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vidmantas Verbickas, who is on a visit to Brazil, met with Thiago Poggio Pádua, Chief of Protocol at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Added 2026-06-24 On 22-23 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Audra Plepytė, participated in the 56th session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly in Panama. During the visit, the Vice-Minister also met with the Foreign Ministers of Brazil and Uruguay.

Added 2026-06-19 On 17 June, the Embassy of Lithuania, together with the office of Congressman Don Bacon, Co-Chair of the U.S. House Baltic Caucus, marked an important milestone at the historic Cannon House Office Building — the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Added 2026-06-17 On 17 June in London, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Taurimas Valys opened the event titled "Making Second-Hand First Choice: Scaling Circular Consumption in the UK." The main organiser of which is the Lithuanian second-hand clothing and goods marketplace Vinted, which has been successfully operating in the UK market for over a decade.

Added 2026-06-16 On 15 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus participated in the Intergovernmental Conferences with Ukraine and Moldova in Luxembourg, during which negotiations on the 'Fundamentals' cluster were formally launched.

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