{"id":60384,"date":"2016-06-28T18:23:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/?p=60384"},"modified":"2016-06-28T18:23:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:23:06","slug":"meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_60393\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60393\" class=\"wp-image-60393 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2-300x201.png\" alt=\"\u00a9 Carter Mathiasen\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Carter Mathiasen<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On June 28, the President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft met with Linas Linkevi\u010dius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of \u00a0Lithuania who praised the performance of the President in promoting the transparency, in particular in the process of the selection of the next Secretary General. They also agreed on the need to progress with Security Council reform. As far as the main tasks for the next Secretary General are concerned the President Lykketoft underlined the need for stronger role of the United Nations in conflict prevention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 28, the President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft met with Linas Linkevi\u010dius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of \u00a0Lithuania who praised the performance of the President in promoting the transparency, in particular in the process of the selection of the next Secretary General. They also agreed on the need to progress with Security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":60393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[341,1089,2835],"class_list":["post-60384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-stories","tag-bilateral","tag-foreign-minister","tag-lithuania"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - General Assembly of the United Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On June 28, the President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft met with Linas Linkevi\u010dius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of \u00a0Lithuania who praised the performance of the President in promoting the transparency, in particular in the process of the selection of the next Secretary General. They also agreed on the need to progress with Security [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"General Assembly of the United Nations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-28T22:23:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1224\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"822\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katharina Kandt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katharina Kandt\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katharina Kandt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06bf09e43d46846c087701ec99ac8412\"},\"headline\":\"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-28T22:23:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/FM-Lithuania_2.png\",\"keywords\":[\"bilateral\",\"Foreign minister\",\"Lithuania\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/\",\"name\":\"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/FM-Lithuania_2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-28T22:23:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/FM-Lithuania_2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/FM-Lithuania_2.png\",\"width\":1224,\"height\":822,\"caption\":\"\u00a9 Carter Mathiasen\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/\",\"name\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"description\":\"President of the 70th session\u2014a new commitment to action\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/PGA70-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/PGA70-logo.jpg\",\"width\":672,\"height\":372,\"caption\":\"General Assembly of the United Nations\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06bf09e43d46846c087701ec99ac8412\",\"name\":\"Katharina Kandt\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5e28c19bf52d2ea02ca4d78c4548f4e118fe08e94744f59f7938769a04ae856e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5e28c19bf52d2ea02ca4d78c4548f4e118fe08e94744f59f7938769a04ae856e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5e28c19bf52d2ea02ca4d78c4548f4e118fe08e94744f59f7938769a04ae856e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katharina Kandt\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.un.org\\\/pga\\\/70\\\/author\\\/kandtun-org\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - General Assembly of the United Nations","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - General Assembly of the United Nations","og_description":"On June 28, the President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft met with Linas Linkevi\u010dius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of \u00a0Lithuania who praised the performance of the President in promoting the transparency, in particular in the process of the selection of the next Secretary General. They also agreed on the need to progress with Security [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/","og_site_name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","article_published_time":"2016-06-28T22:23:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1224,"height":822,"url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Katharina Kandt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katharina Kandt"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/"},"author":{"name":"Katharina Kandt","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#\/schema\/person\/06bf09e43d46846c087701ec99ac8412"},"headline":"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania","datePublished":"2016-06-28T22:23:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/"},"wordCount":104,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png","keywords":["bilateral","Foreign minister","Lithuania"],"articleSection":["News stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/","name":"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania - General Assembly of the United Nations","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png","datePublished":"2016-06-28T22:23:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/FM-Lithuania_2.png","width":1224,"height":822,"caption":"\u00a9 Carter Mathiasen"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/06\/28\/meeting-with-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-lithuania\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/","name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","description":"President of the 70th session\u2014a new commitment to action","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#organization","name":"General Assembly of the United Nations","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/12\/PGA70-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2015\/12\/PGA70-logo.jpg","width":672,"height":372,"caption":"General Assembly of the United Nations"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/#\/schema\/person\/06bf09e43d46846c087701ec99ac8412","name":"Katharina Kandt","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e28c19bf52d2ea02ca4d78c4548f4e118fe08e94744f59f7938769a04ae856e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e28c19bf52d2ea02ca4d78c4548f4e118fe08e94744f59f7938769a04ae856e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e28c19bf52d2ea02ca4d78c4548f4e118fe08e94744f59f7938769a04ae856e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Katharina Kandt"},"url":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/author\/kandtun-org\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}