PoliticsPrime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius congratulated the Prime Minister of Latvia, Laimduota Straujuma, on the Restoration of Independence Day on behalf of the Government and the people of Lithuania. On 17 April, Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA Žygimantas Pavilionis opened a new Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Richmond, Virginia. Honorary Consul Jeff Alen Nelson is the 24th Honorary Consul of Lithuania in the USA. Secretary of Commerce and Trade of Virginia Maurice Jones, the leader of opposition of the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) Andrius Kubilius and other honorary guests attended the opening ceremony. On Thursday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Lithuania Wei Ruixing. The meeting focused on bilateral relations, future opportunities for development of trade in agricultural sector, cooperation in China+16 format, and future prospects. MEPs called for more measures to prevent the loss of migrant lives in the Mediterranean, including more funding for search and rescue missions, during the plenary session on 27-30 April. They also voted in favour of phasing out plastic bags in the EU and installing emergency call devices in new car models, while calling for an alcohol strategy to tackle the negative effects of alcohol consumption. Read on for our summary of the plenary session in Strasbourg. Lithuanian representative meets with the Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, reiterates that Lithuania does not recognize the annexation of Crimea2015-04-30, 14:50On 27 April in New York, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė met with Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, who is participating in the Fourteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). The Crimean Tatar leader presented the situation of the Crimean Tatars and thanked Lithuania for its continued support to their efforts to protect their rights. Following consideration of the 2014 Annual Activity Report of the State Security Department (VSD), the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence marked that the scale of VSD tasks had significantly changed due to a major change in the geopolitical situation. On 25 April, MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis was elected as the new chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in Lithuania. Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Pope Francis in Vatican. During the meeting, the Speaker of the Seimas, on behalf of the people of Lithuania and in particular on behalf of the disabled, invited the Pope to pay an official visit to Lithuania. The Pope thanked her for the invitation. As the implementation of the project "Support to the Civil Service Modernisation in the Republic of Moldova in line with the EU best practices" of the EU Twinning Programme gathers momentum, an opening conference was held in Kishinev on 16 April. Foreign Ministers of Estonia and Lithuania discuss energy projects and security situation in Europe2015-04-25, 13:00On 22 April, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, who came to Lithuania for a working visit. The meeting focused on bilateral relations between Lithuania and Estonia, the security situation in Europe, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia, as well as cooperation in the implementation of strategic energy and transport projects. |
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