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RSS Lithuanian and Angolan Foreign Ministers sign political consultation agreement Added2017.06.23
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, who is visiting Lithuania, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the establishment of a mechanism for bilateral consultations in Vilnius on 23 June.

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Linkevičius congratulates Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister on National Day Added2017.06.23
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated his counterpart, Luxembourg’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn on the National Day of Luxembourg.

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Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry summons Belarusian chargé d'affaires over airspace violations Added2017.06.22
On 22 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Belarus to Lithuania Lyudmila Tatarinovich and handed her a diplomatic note over the Lithuanian airspace violations by an An-2 civilian aircraft, which entered the airspace from Belarus on 21 June 2017.

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Linkevičius expresses his condolences on the death of Helmut Kohl Added2017.06.22
On 21 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius expressed his condolences on the death of former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Helmut Kohl. Linkevičius wished his family, relatives and all the people of Germany strength at the moment as they mourned the loss.

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Linkevičius meets with his Spanish counterpart, highlights the Euro-Atlantic partnership in facing challenges from the east and south Added2017.06.21
On 21 June in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo, who arrived in Lithuania for a working visit. The Foreign Ministers discussed the most relevant issues of bilateral cooperation, regional security, cooperation within the European Union and NATO, the Eastern Neighbourhood, and energy security.

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Ministers of National Defence and Foreign Affairs met with NATO Secretary General Added2017.06.20
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg conducting a visit in Lithuania praised Lithuania for increasing defence spending and efforts to strengthen security in the region at a meeting with Ministers of National Defence and Foreign Affairs in the evening of June 11. The NATO leader also underlined that as Lithuania increased defence financing it also strengthened the Alliance’s resolve to enhance collective defence.

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Linkevičius congratulates newly appointed Foreign Minister of South Korea Added2017.06.20
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated South Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-Wha, who took office on 18 June.

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RSS Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister discusses political and economic cooperation in Kazakhstan Added2017.06.22
On 22 June in Astana, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vasilenko. They discussed political and economic cooperation, prospects for bilateral relations in the field of transport, as well as cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union.

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Council of the Baltic Sea States commemorates its 25th anniversary Added2017.06.21
It is important for the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) to keep in mind its primary objective of promoting intergovernmental political dialogue in the region, said the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas at the informal ministerial meeting of the CBSS in Reykjavík. The ministerial meeting was held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the CBSS.

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General Affairs Council meeting prepares the European Council Added2017.06.20
On 20 June in Luxembourg, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council meeting that prepared the European Council on 22-23 June. The European Council meeting will focus on security and defence, the internal market and economy, climate change, migration, and the digital agenda for Europe.

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Lithuanian-Israeli political consultations in Vilnius Added2017.06.20
Annual political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and Israel were held in Vilnius on 19 June 2017 where the most significant matters of bilateral cooperation and international affairs were discussed.

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Vice-Minister Skusevičius: it is important to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on security and defence Added2017.06.20
The EU Foreign Affairs Council met in Luxembourg on 19 June 2017 to discuss the EU Global Strategy, EU-NATO cooperation, migration, Iraq, and counter-terrorism. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry was represented by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Darius Skusevičius.

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The Eastern Partnership meeting in Luxembourg Added2017.06.19
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Darius Skusevičius, attended the ministerial meeting of EU Member States and Eastern Partners on 19 June where discussions centred on the preparation for the Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in Brussels in November. Ministers of foreign affairs from EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries discussed the achievements of the Eastern Partnership and agreed on short-term goals in developing relations between the EU and its partners in the east.

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Two new Honorary Consuls of Lithuania start their work in Norway Added2017.06.17
On 15-16 of June, two Lithuanian consulates in Kristianstad and Stavanger were opened in Norway. Two newly appointed honorary consuls commenced their work in the consulates.

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Lithuania invited to become an associate member of CERN Added2017.06.16
At the 185th session on 16 June, the Council of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) invited Lithuania to become an associate member. An agreement between Lithuania and CERN on the status of the country will be signed on 27 June in Vilnius, at the Office of the President, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Dr. Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, who will arrive in Lithuania with a delegation.

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Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister meets with members of the Committee on Defence of the Swedish Parliament’s delegation Added2017.06.07
On 6 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with members of the Committee on Defence of the delegation of the Swedish Parliament (the Riksdag) and discussed security challenges facing the region.

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Lithuanian journalists trained for reporting from conflict zones Added2017.06.06
On 5 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), organized training for Lithuanian journalists reporting from conflict zones or for journalists who report on conflicts.

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