Foreign affairs
Lithuania doesn’t want confrontation with Russia, Linkevičius says
Lithuania does not want confrontation with Russia, but Moscow must stick to agreements, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Georgia
European Union
Analysts: EU aspirants ended up in limbo which cannot last forever
Despite the frantic attempts by some of the EU leaders to give a rosy tint to the otherwise murky picture of the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, political analysts from Lithuania, Estonia and Ukraine, approached by the Lithuania Tribune, unanimously agree the EU partners with membership aspirations have ended up in a limbo after the high-profile meeting. The uncertainty cannot last forever, the analysts agree, but their predictions for how it may unfold differ. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Kremlin’s ghost over Riga Summit (II)
The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia‘s 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed by Poland and Sweden, with enthusiastic support from Lithuania. Russia has ever since been blaming the programme for trying to undermine its interests in the countries Moscow refers to as the “near abroad”. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Kremlin’s ghost over Riga Summit (I)
The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia‘s 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed by Poland and Sweden, with enthusiastic support from Lithuania. Russia has ever since been blaming the programme for trying to undermine its interests in the countries Moscow refers to as the “near abroad”. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania celebrates Independence Day of Georgia
On 26 May, at noon, school children at Vilnius Cathedral square held a giant Georgian flag, surrounded by Lithuanian flag in the shape of heart, to mark the Independence Day of Georgia. The event commemorated the 26 May 1918 adoption of the Act of Independence, which established the Democratic Republic of Georgia after the collapse of the Russian empire. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė signs decrees on appointment of ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed two decrees on appointment of new Lithuanian ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey. […]
European Union
EU promises to Eastern partners are sufficient, Lithuanian president says
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is attending the European Union‘s (EU) Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, says that the promises made to Eastern partners are sufficient, although the West has not committed itself to accepting them into the EU in the future. […]
European Union
Europe remains open to Eastern partners, President Grybauskaitė says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that at the European Union‘s (EU) Eastern Partnership Summit the EU will once again assure its commitment to cooperate with countries of Eastern Europe. However, the extent of cooperation will depend on the resolve of each country. […]
European Union
Lithuanian President to attend Eastern Partnership summit in Riga
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday and Friday is attending the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga. The summit will review the results of the Eastern Partnership programme achieved after the Vilnius summit held at the end of 2013 and will outline guidelines for further cooperation and development of the programme, said the presidential press service. […]
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Analyst: Ukraine needs to do homework and let EU see it done
The gloomy mood ahead of the EU Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga this week is in a stark contrast with the expectations that prevailed before the similar meeting in Vilnius one and a half years ago. […]
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Georgian ambassador: Riga summit can’t end in awkward silence
Georgia‘s ambassador to Lithuania, Khatuna Salukvadze, says that the Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Riga on 21 May cannot end in awkward silence instead of offering clear answers. […]
Opinion
Georgian Foreign Minister: Those who doubt value and success of Eastern Partnership, look at Georgia
When the leaders of 34 countries meet on 21-22 May for the Riga Eastern Partnership Summit, we will be confronting geopolitical realities which are dramatically different from those which framed our last gathering. […]
European Union
First months of EU’s free trade with Georgia and Moldova encouraging, Lithuanian official says
Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on Trade took place on 7 May in Brussels. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas said that although the European Union‘s (EU) trade volume with Georgia and Moldova was growing, the benefit of free trade treaties would be revealed fully once the countries implemented economic, political and legal reforms. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s outgoing ambassador in Georgia honoured with state award
Lithuania’s outgoing Ambassador to Georgia has been awarded an Order of Honour of Georgia, the Baltic country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
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Former Lithuanian PM invited to join Ukrainian president’s reform advisers team
Lithuania’s former prime minister Andrius Kubilius has been invited to join the council of foreign advisers set up by Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko to help implement reforms in the country. […]
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Seimas supports territorial integrity of Georgia
The Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a statement on the annexation by Russia of Georgia‘s regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s MFA says treaty between Russia and South Ossetia has no legal value
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania issued a statement regarding the “Treaty on Alliance and Integration” between the Russian Federation and South Ossetia region of Georgia, asserting that the agreement has no legal value. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president’s adviser: EU should avoid giving impression of retreat under Russian pressure
The forthcoming EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga should not leave an impression that the EU is stepping back from its commitments to partners under Russia’s pressure, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues. […]
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Mikheil Saakashvili: Baltics do not have strategic advantages of Ukraine
In an interview with DELFI, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that, in the event of war, the Baltics lack the strategic advantages held by Ukraine. […]