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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: Solidarity among democratic states is the strongest weapon against totalitarian regimes Added 2021-07-19 On 16 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis took part in the Atlantic Council's remote conversation "The Fight for Freedom in Eastern Europe and Beyond”.  
At the OSCE Permanent Council, Lithuania's demands for Belarus to stop sending illegal migrants to its territory Added 2021-07-19 On 16 July, Lithuania informed the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of a sharp increase in the number of third country nationals illegally crossing the state border from Belarus into Lithuania...
Seimas revises asylum application procedures in response to the influx of irregular migrants Added 2021-07-15 The MFA informs about adoption by the Seimas of the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and the accompanying legislation (Draft No XIVP-719(2)), thereby providing for faster processing of asylum applications and restricting...
Lithuania and Iraq agree on closer cooperation in tackling the irregular migrant crisis Added 2021-07-15 In Iraq, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein agreed to work together to tackle the irregular migrant crisis.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis coordinated joint actions with Turkish officials to stop the flow of illegal migrants to Lithuania from Belarus Added 2021-07-14 In the evening of 13 July in Ankara, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, together with the Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė and the Vice-Minister of the Interior Arnoldas Abramavičius, met with...
Lithuania asks UNHCR and IOM to react to the increased flow of third-country irregular migrants from Belarus Added 2021-07-14 On 12 July, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas sent letters to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi and the Director General of the International Organization for Migration Mr. António Vitorino...
Intensive political consultations on reducing illegal migration flows to take place in Ankara and Baghdad Added 2021-07-13 On 13 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, together with the Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė and the Vice-Minister of the Interior Arnoldas Abramavičius, left for Ankara to meet with Turkey's...
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry seeks to revitalise systematic cooperation with Lithuanian universities Added 2021-07-12 On 12 July, the Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Inga Černiuk and the Rector of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) Prof. Dr. Inga Žalėnienė signed a cooperation agreement between the Foreign Ministry and the MRU.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis: EU needs a unified and coordinated return policy for irregular migrants Added 2021-07-12 On 12 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the EU's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels and stressed the importance of the EU's solidarity with Lithuania, which was dealing with the Belarusian regime's...
Foreign Ministry's statement on snap parliamentary elections in Moldova Added 2021-07-12 On 11 July, snap parliamentary elections were held in Moldova. According to international observers, the elections were well organised, competitive and in line with essential international standards. On the election day, the voting process was...