The Union Cabinet has accorded approval to the opening of a new Indian Mission in Lithuania in 2022.
- Opening of Indian Mission in Lithuania will help expand India’s diplomatic footprint, deepen political relations and strategic cooperation, enable growth of bilateral trade, investment and economic engagements, facilitate stronger people-to-people contacts, allow for more sustained political outreach in multilateral fora and help garner support for India’s foreign policy objectives.
- Indian Mission in Lithuania will also better assist the Indian community and protect their interests.
About Lithuania
- Lithuania is an Eastern European country with a coastline at the Baltic Sea in west.
- It is the largest and most populous of the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).
- The country is bordered by Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and Russia (Kaliningrad) and it shares a maritime border with Sweden.
