The political dialogue between Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania has been traditionally active since the establishment of diplomatic relations on December 12, 1991.
On May 12, 2008, Ukraine and the Republic of Lithuania established a strategic partnership. Regular result-oriented contacts at the highest and high level these days play a decisive role in coordinating interstate cooperation to defeat the common enemy.
President Gitanas Nausėda, Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Defense Arvydas Anušauskas were among the first foreign high-ranking officials to visit Ukraine and the city of Kyiv since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
Lithuanian parliamentarians, including those in the European Parliament, were initiators of the creation and are active participants today of the global inter-parliamentary network in support for Ukraine "United for Ukraine/U4U".
The deepening of political interaction and interagency cooperation is being promoted by the following institutional mechanisms: