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After the civil war in Syria began, in 2012, Hamas headquarters moved out of Damascus. Political leaders of Hamas are now based in Qatar.

When on 15 January 1991, the United Nations issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to withdraw troops from occupied Kuwait, it was clear for Lithuania that the Soviet Union might take advantage of this event and hit back at our independence.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius held a meeting of ministers on Friday to address possible challenges for national security arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

If the international community fails to make a strong response to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, Moscow may take another step, Lithuania's representative at the United Nations Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė said on Thursday.

The United Nations Security Council is holding a meeting on Thursday to address the situation in Ukraine, as requested by Lithuania, spokeswoman for the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry confirmed to BNS.

Russia's military invasion jeopardizes Ukraine's survival, international peace and security, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Thursday.

The West should consider rendering military assistance to Ukraine in the wake of the military aggression launched by Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday.

Lithuania, which is working in the United Nations Security Council, would support the institution's international mechanism on long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who met with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kiev last Friday, discussed support to Ukraine and coordination of diplomatic efforts in the run-up to the summit meetings of the European Union, NATO and t...

At the UN Security Council consultations on 22 August, Lithuanian Permanent Representative Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė condemned Russia's unilateral decision to bring the convoy of humanitarian aid into the territory of Ukraine without the latter's assent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs.

On Friday, at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York, initiated by Lithuania, human rights situation in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea were discussed. Lithuania stressed the importance of further monitoring of human rights in Ukrainian regions.

Lithuania and the like-minded countries at the UN Security Council have blocked Russia's attempt to "push through" a statement accusing Ukraine and suppressing information on the responsibility of pro-Russian separatists, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

A tale of death and betrayal played out at the United Nations as Shakespeare's Globe Theatre performs just down the hall from the U.N. Security Council.

Lithuania's Foreign Ministry stated Wednesday that it objected to the Russian report at the United Nations (UN) Security Council, as it berated Ukraine for the MH17 crash but did not mention the actions of Moscow-supported separatists.