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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius expects an improvement in tackling global challenges, such as climate change and anti-COVID-19 efforts, with Joe Biden as US president.

Linas Linkevičius tells Israel Hayom that he hopes the Palestinians will realize that dialogue between Israel and the Arab world is a "good thing." But Israel, he says, must understand that annexation is not acceptable under international law.

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is proposing sanctions for over 100 Belarusian officials responsible for vote-rigging and violence against peaceful protesters.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius has said he will suggest imposing EU sanctions against Belarus' officials responsible for vote-rigging and violence against protesters.

France will send 300 troops to Lithuania in late June, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius confirmed to BNS after meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on Monday.

Lithuania is disappointed with Apple's decision to show the annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russian territory on its apps when viewed from Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Thursday.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius hopes necessary decisions will be made until the upcoming NATO summit next week amid media reports Turkey is refusing to back NATO defense plans for the Baltic states and Poland.

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says Friday's spy swap that saw Russia release two Lithuanians and a Norwegian is an example of close cooperation between the two NATO allies.

Lithuania would be likely agree to another Brexit extension if requested by the United Kingdom, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Wednesday.

After the European Union's diplomatic service has cancelled its planned visit to Minsk, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius will not go to Belarus either, diplomats said on Thursday.

On 24 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Marshall Islands John M. Silk and signed a Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, announced th...

New integration agreements between Minsk and Moscow will bring Russia closer to the Lithuanian border "with all the consequences", which is "not a very positive thing", Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Tuesday.

Russia bears full responsibility for the United States' decision to withdraw from the bilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius says.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius has called for decisions on memorial signs for historic personalities, sparking public discussions, to be based on experts' assessment.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius calls mass detentions in Moscow the use of "excessive brutal force" and calls for the release of those detained.

As Lithuania prepares to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its EU membership on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius warns that the bloc has no future unless people feel a part of it.

When answering the question on the letter of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis to the Belarusian Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius said the untruth that the decision to build the Bielorusskaja AES in the Astravyets district was allegedly adopted at the end of 2008, a press r...

Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s presidency is coming to an end. Evaluations of her tenure are beginning. She has no lack of fans and her high ratings show that she has the support of most citizens. A movie is being made about her, a book is being written and they will likely have a notable hagiographic tint. I...

The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) unanimously ratified on Thursday North Macedonia's NATO accession protocol. All 92 MPs attending the session voted in favor.

A number of opposition Seimas groups with presidential candidate Ingrida Šimonytė at their head at demanding Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius to come provide an explanation on Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ “cunning plan” linked to Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.