WorldPresident Gitanas Nausėda opened the Ukraine Green Recovery Conference in Vilnius on Tuesday. Parliament approves EU-New Zealand free trade agreement2023-11-27, 11:39The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will remove 100% of New Zealand tariffs on EU exports on its entry into force and will lift 98.5% of EU tariffs on New Zealand trade after seven years. On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights issues in Iran, Niger and Georgia. President Gitanas Nausėda addressed the people of Ukraine on the 10th anniversary of the Maidan Revolution. In his address to MEPs on Tuesday, Kenya’s President William Ruto called for stronger international cooperation to fight climate change, combat poverty and tackle conflicts. Our collective defence commitment is and will remain steadfast, says Minister of National Defence of Canada2023-11-20, 16:51On November 18-19 Minister of National Defence A. Anušauskas attended the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada where he had a meeting with Minister of National Defence of Canada B. Blair who was appointed in summer. The officials addressed Canada’s contribution to the Baltic security and defence and bilateral cooperation. The Canadian Defence Minister reiterated Canada’s resolve to invest more capabilities in the security in the eastern flank. Lithuania and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will launch a joint resilience-building programme to combat disinformation and foreign threats. Giedrė Balčytytė, Chancellor of the Government, who is participating in the conference "Strengthening democracy through information integrity", stressed the need to share experience and best practices, combining the efforts of OECD member states and other democratic partners. The President received letters of credence from ambassadors of the Republic of Guinea and Nepal2023-11-16, 11:54On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda received letters of credence from Guinean Ambassador Aliou Barry and Nepalese Ambassador Ram Swarth Ray. On 13 November in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, which focused on further support for Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression and ways to increase Russia’s isolation in international organisations, the EU’s efforts to ease tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and the EU’s engagement to prevent the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East region. Lithuanian and German Presidents discussed issues of regional security and the deployment of the German brigade2023-11-14, 10:13President Gitanas Nausėda met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Monday to discuss bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and Germany, regional security and defense issues, further response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and the situation in the Middle East. |
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