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Lithuania to focus on protection of civilians during its May presidency in UN Security Council

May 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 1 May, Lithuania takes over the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. During the month of Presidency Lithuania intends to focus on protection of civilians – safety of journalists in conflict situations, threat posed by small arms and light weapons to the civilian population; as well as ways to combat the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters, possible links between organised crime and human trafficking in the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Lithuanian UN ambassador meets with chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis

April 29, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 27 April in New York, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, met with Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, who is participating in the Fourteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). […]

Lithuania’s UN ambassador: Situation in Middle East had rarely been more dramatic

April 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At the United Nations Security Council open debate on the Middle East on 21 April, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, said that the situation in the region had rarely been more dramatic, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Lithuanian government considers sending helicopter to Mediterranean

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

Amidst the European Union‘s (EU) efforts to solve the immigration crisis, the Lithuanian government is considering the possibility to assign a helicopter and a crew of the State Border Guard Service for rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, the prime minister’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday. […]

President Grybauskaitė welcomes participants of OSCE/UN conference on women

April 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed participants of the conference, organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations, on women’s role in promoting international peace and security. […]

Lithuanian president to host OSCE-UN conference on women in international politics

April 18, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Monday, 20 April, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will attend an international conference which will focus on ways to enhance the role of women in promoting international peace and security. The conference is organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations, the presidential press service announced. […]

Lithuania's Ambassador to the UN Raimonda Murmokaitė

UN holds Lithuania-initiated discussion on cyber confidence

April 9, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s permanent mission to the United Nations held an expert discussion on Wednesday about promoting mutual confidence in the cyber space. […]

Lithuania to earmark additional EUR 3.1m for litigation with Gazprom

April 1, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian government plans to earmark additional 3.14 million euros for litigation with Russia’s Gazprom at the United Nations’ arbitration court (UNCITRAL, United Nations’ Commission on International trade Law). […]

Lithuania holds informal meeting of UN on situation in Crimea, eastern Ukraine

March 23, 2015 ELTA EN 0

At the United Nations – first-hand testimonies on violations of human rights in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. On 19 March, the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations held an informal meeting of members of the Security Council on the situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. According to Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, we see a rapidly deteriorating situation and grave violations of human rights a year after the illegal annexation of Crimea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]

Lithuania calls UN Security Council meeting on Crimea

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

The UN Security Council is holding a closed-door meeting on Crimea, initiated by Lithuania, later on Thursday. Russia, which annexed the Ukrainian region a year ago, is reportedly boycotting the meeting. […]

EU must maintain ambitious Eastern Partnership agenda, Lithuanian foreign minister insists

March 17, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 16 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, while speaking about the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit on 21-22 May 2015, noted that it was important to set a strategic direction for Eastern Partnership and take a further step forward from the Warsaw and Vilnius Summits, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

UN high commissioner for human rights satisfied with non-citizens’ situation in Latvia

March 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein said during a meeting with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics on Wednesday that he was satisfied with the situation of ethnic minorities and non-citizens in Latvia. […]

US diplomat acknowledges NATO discussions about hybrid war

February 28, 2015 DELFI EN 0

During a visit to Vilnius, U.S. Mission to NATO DCM Lee Litzenberger acknowledged that the hybrid war Russian President Putin is fighting in Ukraine has prompted discussions about how Article 5 of the Washington Treaty can be applied. And these questions have no answers yet. […]

Russia presents Vilnius with letter of protest over arms supply to Ukraine

February 27, 2015 DELFI EN 0

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lithuania made an announcement on Friday afternoon that Moscow was sending a protest note to Vilnius. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister: Ukraine truce is not working

February 24, 2015 BNS 0

The agreements on a truce in Ukraine are not working as separatists, supported by Russia, continue attacks in eastern Ukraine, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said on Monday after discussing the existing situation with his Ukrainian counterpart. […]

Sending peacekeepers to Ukraine but a “theoretical” possibility, Lithuanian foreign minister says

February 20, 2015 BNS 0

The Ukrainian request to deploy peace-keepers in its Eastern districts might be given theoretical consideration, if the situation stabilizes, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says, adding that this would require a change in Russia‘s negative stance. […]

Lithuanian envoy at UN: Ukrainians are entitled to defending their land

February 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s representative at the United Nations (UN) Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė has strongly criticized Russia for supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine, emphasizing the right for Ukrainians to defend their land amid the continued siege of the city of Debaltseve. […]

Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon. Photo by R.Dačkus

Israeli ambassador in Vilnius Amir Maimon on Jewish heritage, Israeli-Palestinian conflict and anti-Semitism in Europe

February 6, 2015 BNS 0

Israel‘s first ambassador residing in Vilnius, Amir Maimon, says Lithuania should be more active in inviting tourists from his country and step up cooperation in the fields of defence and high technologies. […]

Lithuanian president on Holocaust Day: Some people in Europe won’t acknowledge today’s aggressor

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Europe must learn its history lessons and prevent the rise of a new aggressor whom some people don’t want to see, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday as the world marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. […]

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė

Lithuania’s UN ambassador: Russia is responsible for Mariupol tragedy

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Russia’s persistent support to separatists has led to the Mariupol tragedy when around 30 civilians were killed and over 90 were injured when the Ukrainian city came under a rocket attack, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė said on Monday. […]