Lithuanian Diplomatic Playbook
11 April - 17 April 2016

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

NATO allies unity, their consistent and firm attitude should be a response to attempts to shatter the unity of the Alliance
Lithuania blacklisted 46 citizens of Russia and Ukraine for their role in the detention and sentencing of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and two other Ukrainians
Lithuania trusts that Ukraine will do its best to implement necessary reforms as soon as possible
In the context of the nuclear safety, the continuous attention of the EU and the international community for the Ostrovets NPP is crucial for the entire region

Top lines, statements

Bilateral relations, regional cooperation:

Prime Minister’s greetings to new Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman (15 April, 2016) Read full news release
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister calls on EU to take joint action on increasing constraints on rights of Crimean Tatars (15 April, 2016) Read full news release
Lithuanian foreign minister meets with Japanese and Moldovan counterparts in Bratislava (16 April, 2016) Read full news release
Foreign Minister welcomes participants of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars (12 April, 2016) Read full news release

Security and defence:

NATO should remain consistent and strong in responding to external threats (16 April, 2016) Read full news release
Lithuania and the Baltic States are defensible, Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says (15 April, 2016) Read full news release
Minister Linkevičius discusses security of the Ostrovets nuclear power plant at a meeting with EU Energy Commissioner (16 April, 2016) Read full news release
Minister Linkevičius’ meetings in Bratislava: major focus on security issues (17 April, 2016) Read full news release

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