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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.
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On 15 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys took part in the Vilnius Freedom Summit, a conference dedicated to protecting human rights defenders, supporting democratic movements and responding to growing cooperation between authoritarian regimes.
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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.
