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On 20 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys, together with the Ministers of Education, Science and Sport, the Economy and Innovation, Energy, and Health, met with Professor Costas Fountas, President of the CERN Council. The meeting focused on Lithuania’s ambition to become a full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the expansion of scientific and technological...
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On 20 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter. The meeting focused on the European Union’s counter-terrorism policy, the links between hybrid threats and terrorism, the threat of state-sponsored terrorism, and preparations for Lithuania’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union, during which Lithuanian representatives will chair...
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On 20 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys opened the Lithuanian Science Forum "When Science Builds Bridges," part of the international science week (re)SEARCH 2026. This year’s forum, bringing together representatives of the Lithuanian and international scientific, political and diplomatic communities, is dedicated to science diplomacy.
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On 19 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with representatives of the Japanese technology company Hitachi to discuss opportunities for cooperation between Lithuania and Japan in the areas of economic security, energy, transport and advanced technologies.
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On 19 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with the leaders of the parliamentary groups of Germany’s governing coalition in the Bundestag: Thorsten Frei, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary group, and Dr Matthias Miersch, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group.
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On 15 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys presented an award to Klaipėda District Municipality at the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania’s Golden Krivūlė Awards, recognising the municipality’s efforts to strengthen ties with the diaspora and encourage people to return the region from abroad.
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On 15 October in Vilnius, an international meeting organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US non-governmental organisation Freedom House adopted a statement calling on democracies to act together to protect human rights and freedoms and support those fighting for them under repressive regimes.
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On 15 October in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU).
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On 15 October, a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed a note of strong protest over the continuing attacks by the Russian armed forces against Ukraine.
