Foreign affairs

Indian girls
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70 years of Indian independence and 25 years of relations with Lithuania

August 11, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

This year India is celebrating its 70th Anniversary of Independence and has become one of the most important economic, political and cultural centers in the world. August 15, 1947, the Indian Independence Bill took effect and during the last seventy years since that time a free, democratic country has reached new heights and gained international recognition in various fields such as space technology, physics, medicine, chemistry, literature, music, film industry or sports achievements. Moreover, the country’s diverse cultural heritage and spectacular landscape have meant that India is currently one of the most attractive tourist areas. […]

Egidijus Meilūnas
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Lithuania’s ambassador to Japan proposed as envoy to Ireland

August 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s government on Wednesday gave a green light to appointing Egidijus Meilūnas, Lithuanian diplomat completing his ambassadorial term in Japan, as diplomatic envoy to Ireland as of Aug. 24. […]

Belarussian troops
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Saakashvili’s words about Belarus annexation ungrounded – Lithuanian political scientists

August 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

The warnings made by Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili during a visit in Lithuania on Tuesday about Russia‘s readiness to annex Belarus are not grounded, political scientists say. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

Lithuania doesn’t accept demands to buy friendship – Grybauskaite on Sikorski remarks

August 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s cooperation with Poland should be equal, and the instructions or demands to buy friendship are unacceptable, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]

Mikheil Saakashvili
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Lithuanian formin urges Ukraine to allow Saakashvili defend in court

August 7, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Saturday urged the Ukrainian administration to facilitate conditions for former Georgian leader and Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili to defend his right to Ukrainian citizenship in court after he was stripped of his passport by President Petro Poroshenko. […]