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Lithuania’s new ambassador to Russia should take office in late January
First Deputy Government Chancellor Remigijus Motuzas should be appointed as Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia as of 20 January 1015. […]
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Lithuanian envoy at UN: Human rights violations in Ukraine must be investigated
The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations together with non-governmental organizations in the margins of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 December held a round-table discussion on the role of the International Criminal Court in ensuring accountability for the ongoing human rights violations in Ukraine. […]
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Former security chief: Lithuania’s help to US counter-terrorism effort didn’t violate laws
Mečys Laurinkus, who headed Lithuania’s State Security Department in 1998-2004, says that the institution assisted the United States in its counter-terrorism efforts during the period, but did not ask for a reward and did not violate laws or international commitments. […]
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Lithuanian and US officials discuss bilateral cooperation in Vilnius
On 11 December, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, who is visiting Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian PM hopes for effective CIA prison probe
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said he hopes prosecutors will investigate reports that a secret CIA detention site could have been operated in Lithuania in 2005-2006. […]
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Charles Ries: Lithuania has security stake in US-EU trade agreement
There are many misconceptions about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that is being negotiated between the United States and the European Union, says Charles Ries, vice president of the Rand Corporation. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors to ask US for additional data on alleged CIA prison
The Prosecutor’s General Office has said on Wednesday it will ask the United States government for additional information about secret detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists abroad. […]
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Former president Adamkus says there were no CIA prisons in Lithuania
Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus says he was assured by security officials that Lithuania did not host a secret CIA detention centre for suspected terrorists. […]
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President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania will have to accept responsibility, if CIA prison allegations prove correct
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said on Wednesday that the reports on alleged CIA-operated prison in Lithuania will have to be investigated by the Prosecutor General‘s Office, and if the information proves correct, Lithuania will have to take responsibility. […]
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Human rights advocates urge Lithuanian prosecutors to request full US Senate report on CIA prisons
Human rights activists on Wednesday urged Lithuanian prosecutors to turn to the United States with a request to provide its full report about overseas prisons of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), including one that allegedly operated in Lithuania. […]
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US notified Lithuania in advance of CIA prison report, foreign minister says
The United States had notified Lithuania in advance of the publication of the Senate report about prisoner torturing performed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in secret detention centres, including one possibly in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: US Senate’s CIA report could trigger rise in terrorist activity
The US Senate’s recently-published report on the CIA detention and interrogation programme could trigger a rise in terrorist activity, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Turkish president plans to visit Lithuania next year
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is on an official visit to Turkey, has called for the development of bilateral economic relations between the two countries and said that her Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plans to visit Lithuania with a business delegation next year. […]
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Lithuanian president says Turkey is important partner
Before starting an official visit to Turkey on Monday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that Turkey is an important partner, since it is a fellow NATO member-state and makes decisions important for the region. […]
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Grybauskaitė congratulates Finland on national day
On 6 December, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Sauli Niinisto of the Republic of Finland on the occasion of the country’s national holiday – Independence Day, the presidential press service said. […]
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Lithuanian ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis: We do not invest in our relations with the United States
Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America Žygimantas Pavilionis thinks that the US administration under President Barack Obama has been naive in wishing to “reset” relations with Russia, but this is the trap that every new president falls into. He hopes, however, that Obama’s successor – be it Hillary Clinton or someone else – will have a better grasp on geopolitical realities of Eastern Europe. […]
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Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summons Italian ambassador over dropped extradition case
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned Italian Ambassador to Lithuania Stefano Maria Taliani De Marchio over an Italian court‘s decision to drop the extradition case of a Russian citizen who is a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian government backs recall of four ambassadors
The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed the recall of four ambassadors – to Russia, Ukraine, Spain and the Czech Republic – after their terms end. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister among best connected world leaders on Twitter
A study by Twiplomacy shows that the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is among world’s best-connected diplomatic institutions on Twitter. With 64 mutual connections with peers and world leaders, @LithuaniaMFA is eighth on the list topped by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (@LaurentFabius). […]