Lithuanian politicians have congratulated Andrzej Duda, who has claimed victory in Sunday's run-offs of the Polish presidential election, and expect for improvement in Lithuanian-Polish relations.
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Deputy Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Audronius Ažubalis, says that Lithuania's security is guaranteed in the first place not by the military power, but by the country's visibility and capability to act in the international arena, and this is ensured by Lithuania's diplomats.
The Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a statement on the annexation by Russia of Georgia's regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.
Lithuania is considering to close its embassy in Belgium, parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Benediktas Juodka said on Wednesday.
The Lithuanian government's aim to reset relations with Russia failed, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee.
Lithuania is set to recall its Ambassador to NATO Kęstutis Jankauskas in the middle of January. The Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has already approved his recall as of 13 January.
Russian citizen Vasiliy Kotlerov, a suspect in the so-called 13 January case who was apprehended in Italy, has disappeared after he was placed under house arrest, LNK television news show "Labas Vakaras, Lietuva" (Godd Evening, Lithuania) reports.
The Lithuanian parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has suggested earmarking additional 34.3 million litas (EUR 9.9m) for defence next year.
The Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has considered the 2015 draft budget and found that it is necessary to enhance the security of Lithuanian diplomatic representations, in the view of the geopolitical situation.
The EU has signed association agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in the margins of the European Council meeting on 27 June 2014.