Lithuanian Diplomatic Playbook
25 – 31 January 2016

Key Lithuanian Foreign Policy messages of the week. All materials included are public.
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Key messages:

The Minsk Agreements must be implemented following a logical sequence: security comes first
Lithuanian–Polish cooperation is essential for the security of the region

Top lines, statements

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, presents two exhibitions (27 January, 2016)
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Lithuania sends humanitarian aid to refugees in Turkey (28 January, 2016) Read full news release
Minister J. Olekas emphasized the mutual interest to enhance collective defence and security in the region at a meeting with Minister of National Defence of Poland (25 January, 2016) Read full news release
Minister of Defence Olekas: ‘LITPOLUKRBRIG demonstrates the strategic importance that Lithuania and Poland attach to bringing Ukraine closer to the Euro-Atlantic community‘ (25 January, 2016) Read full news release
The necessity of rejecting ingrained stereotypes about NATO and the EU was discussed in Kiev (28 January, 2016)
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Media

Lithuania opens war crimes trial of former Soviet officials, The Guardian (27 January, 2016) Read full article

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