President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with a delegation of Ukrainian business women visiting Lithuania. Ukrainian women representatives of small-sized business as well as those working in local municipalities are seeking new opportunities for expanding and strengthening occupational, scientific and cultural contacts between the two countries.

On 14 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Russia’s prominent democrats, human rights defenders and civil society representatives, who were taking part in the Free Russia Forum on 14-15 October in Vilnius.

Statement by the spokesperson on the latest attack in Baghdad, Iraq.

High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini speaks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to António Guterres, Secretary-General Designate of the United Nations.

Chancellor of the Government Alminas Mačiulis has attended an event held in Beijing to mark the 25 anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Lithuania and the People’s Republic of China.

Pursuant to the Constitution and the Law on International Treaties and having regard to the Decree of 18 July 2016 of Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas ratified the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, adopted on 21 December 2015 in Astana.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania is concerned about the snap military exercises in the Kaliningrad Region after Russia decided to station ‘Iskander’ missiles there.

On 7 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Ambassador of the United States of America to Lithuania Anne Hall. The meeting discussed important bilateral relations between Lithuania and the U.S.A., economic cooperation, regional and international security, and defence policy.

Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the occasion of the signing of the EU-New Zealand Partnership Agreement for Relations and Cooperation.