Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine (the Lublin Triangle)
Added 2025-09-11
We, the Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine – the Lublin Triangle, strongly condemn the recent intrusion of Russian drones into Polish territory. This was a deliberate and coordinated strike constituting an unprecedented provocation...
Ambassador Varvuolis presented his credentials to President Trump
Added 2025-09-07
On September 5, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States Gediminas Varvuolis presented his credentials to the President of the United States Donald J. Trump in Washington, DC.
Minister Budrys discussed air defence and anti-drone capability enhancement with NATO chief over the phone
Added 2025-08-06
Today, on August 6, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, had a telephone conversation with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte. The conversation focused on the security situation in the region, recent drone incidents in...
Lithuania's Ministers of Foreign Affairs and National Defence call on NATO to take additional measures to ensure the security of Lithuanian airspace
Added 2025-08-06
On Tuesday, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys, together with the Acting Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė, addressed a joint letter to the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, urging the Alliance to take...
Minister Budrys: Lithuania will do its utmost to ensure that prisoners of war and abducted Ukrainian children held in Russia return home safely and as soon as possible
Added 2025-07-21
On 21 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, opened the first international expert-level meeting of the "Safe Pathways Home" initiative in Vilnius. This initiative aims to coordinate international efforts to bring back the...
Budrys in The Hague: President Trump has succeeded in ending the 12-day war in the Middle East; now we have a chance to end Russia's 1,200-day war of aggression against Ukraine
Added 2025-06-25
On 24 June, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys participated in the NATO-Ukraine Council in The Hague in the format of foreign ministers.
Minister Budrys: Resilient societies that are well prepared to counter threats are an important deterrent
Added 2025-06-25
On 24 June, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys, who was attending the NATO summit in The Hague, joined Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna in a public diplomacy forum discussion entitled “Making our Societies more Robust, Ready and Resilient.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs to attend NATO summit
Added 2025-06-24
On 24 June, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys will attend the NATO summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, where the leaders of the 32 Alliance countries are expected to agree on an ambitious goal of increasing defence spending to 5% of GDP.
Budrys: Ukraine's NATO membership is the best way to protect not only Ukraine, but also Europe
Added 2025-05-16
At an informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Türkiye on 15 May, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, said he wanted the agreement established at previous summits that Ukraine was on the irreversible path to...
Budrys: we are committed to achieving a stronger, more prepared, and more lethal NATO
Added 2025-05-15
Today, on 15 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, is attending an informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Türkiye. The Ministers will discuss current Euro-Atlantic security issues, the need to...