Gaza Strip

President Gitanas Nausėda supports the idea that the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine should end with a two-state solution, says his chief foreign policy adviser.

On Thursday evening, 19 October, a pro-Palestine rally was held in Vilnius Cathedral Square. Its participants then marched in a silent procession through Gediminas Avenue to commemorate Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip killed in Israeli airstrikes.

The State Security Department (VSD) has stated that emails with bomb threats sent to Lithuania’s schools and kindergartens represent a coordinated and deliberate attack by hostile countries. The police stated that the number of emails with bomb threats in the Russian Language has reached 633.

The second evacuation flight by Lithuanian Air Force plane Alenia C-27J Spartan from Israel is planned for Thursday evening. Thirty Lithuanian nationals have registered for the flight.

Lithuania abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly on a resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip.

Lithuania on Tuesday voted against the resolution at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which condemns Israel's actions in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

Lithuania does not agree with unilateral recognition of Palestine, saying a decision needs to be reached by way of negotiations, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius stated on Monday.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is participating at the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday.

When on 15 January 1991, the United Nations issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to withdraw troops from occupied Kuwait, it was clear for Lithuania that the Soviet Union might take advantage of this event and hit back at our independence.

Lithuania, which is working in the United Nations Security Council, would support the institution's international mechanism on long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.