Foreign affairs
The 60 days of Tehran
It is not impossible. It is by no means out of the question that November 2022 will go down in history as the month of freedom that would have seen Iran begin the fall of […]
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Biden’s Middle East
Josef Robinette Biden Jr. has been elected the next U.S. President. He is definitely not a newcomer to the realm of foreign policy. Biden has not only served as Vice-President in the Obama administration (2009-17) […]
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I. Makaraitytė. What can Saulius, Jūris and Maris give B. Netanyahu?
The Israeli prime minister came to Lithuania with a clear proposal that he did not sugar-coat or conceal. However, in Lithuania he was met by three confused prime ministers, jaws dropped in surprise and… uncoordinated […]
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Lithuania calls for dialog between EU and Turkey
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania will seek to promote a dialog between Turkey and the European Union. […]
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Will Lithuania become Israel’s wedge in the European Union? The message Netanyahu sends to his own
With B. Netanyahu’s historic visit concluding, Lithuania is beginning to lean toward the US‘ position on Iran. This was the discussion topic on Delfi’s Dėmesio Centre with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lithuanian Prime […]
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Israeli PM says he respects Putin, won’t get involved in Ukrainian conflict
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin and will not interfere with the war in Ukraine as Israel has plenty of its own problems. […]
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Israel doesn’t want to go back to clashes with Russia – Netanyahu in Vilnius
Israel seeks to maintain good relations with Russia in resolving conflicts in the Middle East as it does not want to go back to military clashes that took place half a century ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Israeli PM asks for Baltic support to step up EU pressure on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday asked for the Baltic countries’ support in increasing EU pressure on Iran. […]
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Lithuania initiating EU-Israeli meeting on terrorism, PM says
Lithuania is initiating a meeting of EU and Israeli ministers to discuss terrorism threats and reduce tension between the European Union and the Jewish state, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said in an interview with BNS Lithuania on Friday. […]
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Israeli PM to honor Holocaust victims, meet with Baltic counterparts
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Friday honor the memory of Holocaust victims and discuss political issues with the three Baltic prime ministers. […]
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Israel wants to strengthen ties with Lithuania to counterbalance EU criticism
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will seek to strengthen bilateral ties with Lithuania to counterbalance, in his opinion, the European Union‘s unfounded criticism over Israel‘s treatment of the Palestinians. […]
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Transatlantic ties have no alternative, Lithuanian president says
Transatlantic ties are irreplaceable, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says amid the recent tension between the European Union and the United States. […]
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Šarūnas Legatas. Lithuania and the new world order
With tectonic shifts in global processes, it is becoming vital to renew discussions in Lithuania about the country’s foreign policy direction. The importance of such discussion is also underlined by the context of Lithuanian domestic […]
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Vygaudas Ušackas: Dalia Grybauskaitė has shown her true colours
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been “involved in scheming and intrigue and has shown her true colours”. That’s how Vygaudas Ušackas, former minister of foreign affairs and ambassador to the US, Mexico and Great Britain and […]
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Iran offers Lithuania to open embassies in Vilnius and Teheran
Iran has offered Lithuania to open their respective embassies in Vilnius and Teheran to step up economic and political cooperation, visiting Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar said in an interview with BNS Lithuania on Friday. […]
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A. Ažubalis. The Kremlin is evil, but its friends are ok, aren’t they?
Three years ago, instead of suspending or discarding the Iranian nuclear programme altogether, the major European and global countries, together with the then US President, Barack Obama, frivolously entered into an agreement with Iran on […]
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Lithuanian president says EU must seek to keep Iran nuclear deal alive
It is important for European leaders to seek that Iran continue nuclear non-proliferation after the United States‘ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday. […]
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Germany calls for keeping Iran nuclear deal alive – formin in Lithuania
German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas on Friday called for keeping the Iran nuclear deal alive and warned that its collapse would undermine regional security. […]
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M. Laurinavičius on US withdrawal from Iran agreement: this will affect us
US President Donald Trump‘s announcement that the USA is withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear agreement signed with Iran has raised an uproar and much discussion in the world. According to experts, this move by the […]
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Lithuania’s president off to New York for UN summit
President Dalia Grybauskaite on Sunday left for New York to attend a session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, which will bring together more than 100 head of states and governments to discuss international issues. […]