Lithuania has initiated a historical visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Brussels to meet with EU foreign ministers, diplomats confirmed on Tuesday.
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Lithuania's government does not rule out cooperation with the International Criminal Court on the US Central Intelligence Agency's alleged prison near Vilnius, however, sticks to its version that Antaviliai accommodated an intelligence support center rather than a secret interrogation center.
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry is consulting foreign partners on the names of Russian officials to be blacklisted over corruption, money laundering or human rights violations after the country's parliament passed the so-called Magnitsky law.
The Lithuanian Air Force on Wednesday recorded a Lithuanian airspace violation by a civilian An-2 aircraft that twice crossed into the country's airspace from Belarus, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The Baltic foreign ministers will meet with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Tuesday to discuss security issues.
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian foreign ministers are to meet with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington next week.
Britain is set to strengthen its embassies in Lithuania and other Central and Eastern European countries in an effort to win support for Brexit negotiations, the media and diplomats say.
In response to remarks by a Lithuanian lawmaker, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it is not questioning the status of Russia's Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.
Lithuania intends to call off its mission performing development cooperation work in Afghanistan as of March 2015.
Lithuania's ministries have received a letter from the lawyers of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's son Oleksandr, inquiring about the sanctions he is being subjected to.
Lithuania's consul should on Monday evening arrive in Murmansk where Russian authorities have brought a Lithuanian fishing vessel they have detained, Lithuanian diplomats say.
