Thank you for hosting our meeting with Ambassadors and Representatives from 🇵🇱🇨🇿🇺🇦🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇬🇷🇨🇾🇺🇸 in The Hague.
I am glad that democratic Belarus has so many friends and allies who believe in our future as a free, democratic, and European country.
NL 🇳🇱 targeting a 50/50 ratio of plant-based to animal-based proteins by 2030.
LT 🇱🇹 delivers: #Pentasweet investing €65M to build Europe’s first Brazzein production facility - clear vote of confidence for LT as a destination for cutting-edge, large-scale inbound investment.
#RoyalDinner | honored to attend the Diplomatic Gala at Royal Palace in Amsterdam. Key points in HM King Willem-Alexander address: devastating war in Ukraine et al, commitment to international law, geopolitics "that should not be a zero-sum game" and the key role of diplomacy 🇱🇹
The world as we knew it has changed. As EU, we are navigating these changes together.
I spoke with EU ambassadors in The Hague about the situation in the Middle East - including the inexcusable attacks towards Cyprus, and joint efforts to repatriate our nationals. 1/2
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 | on the 4th anniversary of russia’s brutal, unprovoked & unjustified aggression against Ukraine @LT_Embassy_NL Charge d’Affaires a.i. @MZickus attended a symposium dedicated to helping Ukraine and Europe 🇪🇺 win - by @fggaleiden@RANDEurope & @KVBK1
#Resilience | Embassy Charge d’Affaires Mindaugas Zickus co-hosting a masterclass on Lithuania’s crisis management experience & resilience for Dutch experts and institutions
#NIPV#NationalCrisisManagementCenter#NCTV
#EuropaSpeech | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys delivering a Europe speech at the 3rd Princess Beatrix Lecture in Maastricht “A Case for a Stronger, Safer and More Resilient Europe”
@MaastrichtU @limburg@maastricht@koninklijkhuis@minbuza@Defensie
#Vilnius and #Lithuania in Sunday’s Dutch press @DeTelegraafNLD@volkskrant 🇱🇹🇳🇱
- Vilnius - the 2025 Xmas & Hospitality Capital of Europe;
- Lithuanians under 30 are the happiest in the world
Takes a visit or two via Amsterdam ✖️✖️✖️ or Eindhoven to find out
Grand Opening of International Festival Vocallis by the Symphonic Orchestra of the Čiurlionis School of Art - Čiurlionis’ artistic journey in the Netherlands carries on & we cannot be prouder | many friends & special thx to Festival’s Director Mr Gert Geluk #Ciurlionis150
Now on VoiceMap: From Freedom Avenue to Freedom, a Kaunas walk in 🇱🇹 and🏴. A joint Sugihara House & 🇳🇱 Embassy project. In footsteps of those seeking Curaçao visa for life. From former 🇳🇱 honorary consul Zwartendijk office to 🇯🇵 consulate. Made by Jen Kagan. Herself a Litvak.
Another terrible night in Kyiv. russia continues to mock the civilized world. The only way to stop it is through force—economic and military. By proving that words are followed by decisive actions. By destroying russia’s sense of impunity. Not a single day can be wasted.
On July 31, 1991, Soviet OMON forces brutally attacked the Medininkai border post, executing seven Lithuanian officers. Today, we honour their memory. They died defending #Lithuania’s independence.
The Soviet regime launched a campaign of terror on Lithuania refusing to recognise our independence. In 1991 alone, Soviet units attacked Lithuanian border posts 18 times - burning facilities, destroying documents, tearing down the Lithuanian flag& injuring dozens of officers.
But Lithuanians stood firm. Our officers continued to serve, guarding a border that stood as a symbol of our freedom and sovereignty.
Today, I reaffirm this message: we will always defend our country and our freedom by all means. We will never allow Russian terror to take hold in Lithuania again.