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On 23 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys is attending an informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Dublin, Ireland.
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On 22–23 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys will attend an informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Dublin, Ireland.
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On 21 October, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Lina Rukštelienė met with Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), who was visiting Vilnius. They discussed the ILO’s activities, budget optimisation and the reforms being implemented by the organisation.
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In response to false claims circulating publicly that changes to the conditions for issuing Schengen visas to Pakistani nationals were allegedly agreed during recent consultations between Lithuania and Pakistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarifies that no discussions were held on changing the visa conditions and no related decisions were taken. The visa issuance process for Pakistani nationals remains...
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On 21 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys spoke by phone with Romania’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Dănuț Neculăescu. During the call, the Ministers discussed bilateral cooperation, the security situation on NATO’s eastern flank, recent drone and missile incidents in the region, the situation in the Black Sea, support for Ukraine and the enlargement of the European Union (EU).
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On 21 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys presented Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs medals of honour ‘For Diaspora Merits to Lithuania’.
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On 21 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with NASA Representative in Europe Gregory Mann to discuss strengthening cooperation between Lithuania and the United States in the fields of space, innovation and advanced technologies.
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On 20 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys, together with the Ministers of Education, Science and Sport, the Economy and Innovation, Energy, and Health, met with Professor Costas Fountas, President of the CERN Council. The meeting focused on Lithuania’s ambition to become a full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the expansion of scientific and technological...
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On 20 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter. The meeting focused on the European Union’s counter-terrorism policy, the links between hybrid threats and terrorism, the threat of state-sponsored terrorism, and preparations for Lithuania’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union, during which Lithuanian representatives will chair...
