Lithuania_–_United_Kingdom_relations
Lithuania–United Kingdom relations
Bilateral relations
Lithuania – United Kingdom relations are foreign relations between the United Kingdom and Lithuania.
Lithuania and the UK formally established diplomatic relations on 20 December 1922. During World War II, Lithuania was at various times occupied by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The UK never recognised de jure the Soviet annexation of 1940. British prisoners of war were among Allied POWs held by the Germans in the Stalag Luft VI POW camp in German-occupied Lithuania.[1]
The UK recognised the restoration of Lithuanian independence on 27 August 1991. Both countries re-established diplomatic relations in October 1991.
The United Kingdom has an embassy in Vilnius and an honorary consulate in Klaipėda. Lithuania has an embassy in London and five honorary consulates (in Northern Ireland, Northumberland, Scotland, Wales and the West Midlands).
There are around 100,000 Lithuanian people living in the United Kingdom. Both countries are full members of NATO.
The current ambassador to Lithuania is Brian Olley, and the ambassador to the UK is Renatas Norkus.
In 2006, the Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II paid a visit to Lithuania.[2]
- First representation of Lithuania in London, 1919
- President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda greets British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the 2023 Vilnius Summit
- St Casimir's Lithuanian Church, a Lithuanian-speaking Roman Catholic church in Bethnal Green, London
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