Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says she has doubts whether the parliamentary parties will be able to sign an agreement on foreign policy in the spring session of the Seimas.

The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on National Security and Defence of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania have released a joint statement condemning Russian actions against Ukrainian Navy ships on 25 November, 2018.

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, will pay an official visit to Israel in mid-October.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour group, which has split from the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and is headed by MPs Gediminas Kirkilas and Juozas Bernatonis, have sent a letter to European politicians and diplomats, which criticizes the Gintautas Paluckas-led LSDP as "radical left" that ...

The Lithuanian parliament adopted on Thursday a resolution suggesting 44 names for inclusion in the so-called Sergei Magnitsky list of people to be barred from entering the country.

The Lithuanian parliament's Health Affairs Committee has no intentions of deciding on ratification of the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada any time soon, although Lithuania's diplomats expected decisions on the matter during the spring session already.

The Seimas Committee on Health Affairs (CHA) does not plan to make its decision on the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada in the near future, although Lithuanian diplomats expected the parliament to decide on this issue by the ...

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday described as unjustifiable the use of force in Spain against participants of last Sunday's referendum on Catalonia's independence.

Lithuania's government has proposed recalling Rokas Bernotas from the position of ambassador to Afghanistan on Aug. 2.

Solidarity from the international community is what Belarusian people, who have been subjected to repressions from authorities over mass protests, need most now, Anatoly Lebedko, leader of the United Civil Party of Belarus, said in Vilnius on Monday.

In a closed sitting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, members of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed the current situation and outlook in the European Union's relations with Russia and Lithuania's stance on those relations.

Poland's new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit Berlin, London and New York.

The Government of Lithuania on Friday approved candidates for three ambassadorial positions.

At the request of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas, parliament, is holding a presentation of the Ukrainian TV channel Ukraine Today, which is to be launched in Lithuania. The participants at the presentation in the European Information Office on Thursday will be welcom...

The Lithuanian Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs has stated that solidarity to distribute refugees among European Union (EU) member states should be understood as a voluntary contribution based on a country's capabilities.

Lithuania had expected more from last week's EU Eastern Partnership summit, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.