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NOTICE OF PUBLISHED REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS Added 2026-08-05 The Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Lithuania to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization hereby announces a published request for quotations for the purchase of one passenger car under a simplified public procurement procedure.

Bilateral meetings in Ankara: Budrys meets with the foreign ministers of Hungary, Croatia, and Belgium Added 2026-07-08 On 8 July, on the margins of the NATO summit in Ankara, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys held bilateral meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Anita Orbán, Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić-Radman, and Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prévot.

Budrys in Ankara: Stability in the Middle East is a shared interest of NATO and the countries of the region Added 2026-07-07 On 7 July in Ankara, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys attended the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Foreign Ministers' meeting, where, together with representatives of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, discussed the security situation in the Gulf region, the strengthening of cooperation between NATO and partners, and the joint response to emerging threats.

Budrys in Ankara: We must prove to Putin that he has miscalculated Added 2026-07-07 On 7 July in Ankara, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys took part in a working dinner of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. The event, attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha, focused on increased support for Ukraine, further pressure on Russia and long-term security guarantees for Ukraine.

Budrys spoke by phone with the NATO Secretary General Added 2025-12-04 On 4 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys had a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The Minister and the Head of NATO discussed the ongoing Belarusian hybrid attack against Lithuania and NATO's response to such activities.

At the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, Budrys raised questions about the response to the Belarusian hybrid attacks Added 2025-12-03 On 3 December, on the margins of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, Kęstutis Budrys presented the situation regarding Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania to the United States Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and United States Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker. The Minister also raised the question of the response to the actions of the Lukashenka regime...

Budrys at NATO: Russia is, and will continue to be, a direct military threat to the Alliance Added 2025-12-03 On 3 December, Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is attending a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss the implementation of defence and deterrence measures and the Alliance's response to growing hybrid threats.

Foreign Vice-Minister Plepytė met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Added 2025-09-17 On 17 September, during a working visit to Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Audra Plepytė, met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska.

Protest lodged with Russia over continued massive shelling of Ukraine Added 2026-08-27 On 27 August, a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed a note of strong protest over the Russian armed forces’ ongoing massive shelling of Ukrainian territory, which is killing and injuring civilians and destroying residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.

Added 2026-08-25 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania strongly condemns the decision of the Belarusian regime to designate the websites and related social media accounts of the Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), as well as the EU-supported programmes EU4Belarus-SALT, EU4Belarus-SALT II, EU4Belarus-SALT III, and Education for Belarusians, as so-called “extremist information resources”.

Added 2026-08-12 Darius Skusevičius, the new Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took office this week. He succeeded Laimonas Talat-Kelpša, who was appointed Ambassador to the Netherlands in April.

Added 2026-08-09 Six years after the rigged presidential election held in Belarus on 9 August 2020, Lithuania, alongside the international community, continues to refuse to recognize the outcome of the election and stands in solidarity with the people of Belarus, who, even today, despite repression, are defending the principles of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The regime has responded to the Belarusian people’s...

Added 2026-08-07 On 7 August, a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed a note of strong protest regarding the Russian military’s ongoing massacre of Ukrainian civilians and continued destruction of civilian infrastructure.

Added 2026-08-03 On 3 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, attended an event marking the Roma Genocide Remembrance Day at the Paneriai Memorial.

Added 2026-08-01 On 1 August, a representative of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius was summoned to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a strong protest was lodged over last night's large-scale attack by Russian military forces on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, which damaged various civilian targets, including the Lithuanian Embassy.

Added 2026-07-31 On 31 July, a representative of the Russian Embassy, summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was handed a strong note of protest over the ongoing attacks on Ukrainian civilians and the violation of Polish airspace.

Added 2026-07-30 The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, expresses his sincere condolences on the passing of Arie Ben-Ari Grodzensky, a distinguished Litvak and longtime Chairman of the Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel.

Added 2026-07-29 On 28 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, met in Hanoi with executives from PetroVietnam, Vietnam’s largest oil and gas energy company.

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