Diplomacy

First Deputy Government Chancellor Remigijus Motuzas should be appointed as Lithuania's ambassador to Russia as of 20 January 1015.

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed the recall of four ambassadors – to Russia, Ukraine, Spain and the Czech Republic – after their terms end.

Lithuania's consulate general to Los Angeles in the United States should open before the end of this month.

A honorary sign of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Lithuanian Diplomacy Star, will be awarded to the Kazickas Family Foundation for fostering the Lithuanian spirit and the Lithuanian culture.

Lithuania's ambassador to Russia should be replaced at the end of this year.

On 7 November, Lithuania's Ambassador to Poland Šarūnas Adomavičius presented the letters of credence to President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski, Lithuania's MFA reports.

Lithuania wants to establish diplomatic relations with the Western African Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

Lithuanian Ambassador to France Dalius Čekuolis presented letters of credence to President François Hollande.

On Monday, 27 October, the bestselling author, historian and Yale professor Timothy Snyder was honoured with the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star during a ceremony at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC.

Lithuania will open an honorary consulate in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

On Wednesday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed Dag Malmer Halvorsen, ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, in Vilnius.

Lithuania will establish a consulate in Los Angeles. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian parliament gave its go-ahead on Friday.

First deputy of Lithuania's government chancellor, Remigijus Motuzas, has been proposed as ambassador to Russia.

Diplomat Amir Maimon should be appointed as Israel's first ambassador to Lithuania.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to the new ambassador to Poland, Šarūnas Adomavičius, on Monday.

Members and friends of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce were invited this week to the opening of Season 2014 and a seminar, where the new additional service for businesses, Mediation Service, was presented.

For the time being, Israel may consider exporting natural gas only to Southern Europe, while the possibility of bringing it to Lithuania is not yet on the table, said Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman during his working visit to Lithuania.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Spain's Ambassador to Lithuania, Emilio Fernandez-Castano y Diaz-Caneja, the presidential press service informs.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Lithuania, Gijsbert Hendrik Christiaan van der Lingen, the presidential press service informs.

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman will be paying a working visit to Lithuania on 10-11 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs.