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On 15 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys delivered a keynote address and took part in a round-table discussion entitled Small States and Security Partnerships. Organised by the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, the discussion explored the role of small states in the international arena and their ability to pursue their security interests.
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With less than a month to go before the possibility to complete Lithuania’s diaspora survey ends, more than 1,500 respondents from 65 countries have already taken part. To ensure the broadest possible representation of the diaspora, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invites people in Lithuania to share the survey link with relatives and friends living abroad and encourage them to take part.
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On 14 October in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys and Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), signed a letter of intent aimed at strengthening cooperation between Lithuanian institutions and the JRC.
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On 14 October in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with the ambassadors of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) countries accredited to Lithuania. During the meeting, the Minister and the NB8 ambassadors discussed the security situation in Europe, Russia’s war against Ukraine, EU sanctions policy and transatlantic cooperation.
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On 13 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Warsaw. The meeting addressed the issue of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus and the nuclear safety situation in Ukraine.
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On 13 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys took part in the Warsaw Security Forum discussion “Half-Baked or Step-by-Step? Rethinking EU Enlargement”, where he stressed that European Union enlargement was not merely a political or economic project, but also one of Europe’s most important security instruments.
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On 13 October in Warsaw, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with members of the US Congress Gary Peters, Kevin Cramer and Marc Veasey.
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On 13 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with Johan Pellissier, President of Airbus Europe, and other company representatives in the margins of the Warsaw Security Forum.
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On 13 October, a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Lithuania was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presented with a note of strong protest over Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and its relentless attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.
