Lithuania%E2%80%93Turkey_relations

Lithuania–Turkey relations

Lithuania–Turkey relations

Bilateral relations

Lithuania–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Lithuania and Turkey. Turkey recognized[1] Lithuania on July 28, 1922, and diplomatic relations were established[1] on the same day. The Turkish ambassador to Estonia in Tallinn was also accredited to Lithuania. Following USSR occupation and annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Turkish embassy in Tallinn closed[2] on September 5, 1940. Turkey, however, never recognized[3] the Soviet annexation of Lithuania.

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Following the revelation[1] that Gorbachev had authorized Vilnius Massacre, Turkey renewed recognition of Lithuania’s independence and restored[3] diplomatic relations on September 3, 1991.

Military cooperation

Turkey cooperates closely with Lithuania in military affairs and provides personnel[3] to the NATO Center of Excellence in Vilnius. In the past, Turkey trained Lithuanian military units who served[4] as UN peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia.

Economic relations

  • Trade volume between the two countries was US$687 million in 2018 (Turkish exports/imports: 277/410 million USD).[3]
Embassy of Turkey in Vilnius

Resident diplomatic missions

  • Lithuania has an embassy in Ankara.
  • Turkey has an embassy in Vilnius.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Krickus, Richard. "Lithuania: Nationalism in the Modern Era." pp. 157-81 in Ian Bremmer and Ray Taras, eds., Nations and Politics in the Soviet Successor States. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  2. [2]
    Bremmer, Ian, and Ray Taras, eds. Nations and Politics in the Soviet Successor States. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  3. [3]
    "Relations between Turkey and Lithuania". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
  4. [4]
    Senn, Alfred E. The Emergence of Modern Lithuania. New York: University of Columbia Press, 1999.
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