Kęstutis Vaškelevičius
@VaskeleviciusK
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Ambassador of Lithuania in Azerbaijan and to Turkmenistan. #Freedom 🇱🇹 🇦🇿 🇹🇲 🇺🇦
Baku, Azerbaijan
Joined May 2017
Dependant on Russian energy, Lithuania for years paid highest gas price in Europe (‘political price’). LT acted: built LNG terminal & in 2022 fully freed itself from RU oil,gas or electricity (1st in EU). Today 50% of our LNG comes from US. Where there is a will, there is a way
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The era of Russia using energy to blackmail or „punish“ the Baltic States is over. Today we are disconnecting from BRELL electricity system, and synchronising with the European electricity system. It will ensure energy security, stability and reliability for 🇱🇹, 🇱🇻& 🇪🇪.
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RT @ZelenskyyUa: This is how Russia wages war—Sudzha, Kursk region, Russian territory, a boarding school with civilians preparing to evacua…
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In 2024 twice as many Lithuanian citizens returned to LT as those who left. It has been a tendency in the last 5 years
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RT @LTembassyAZ: 🚢 Lithuania's first hydrogen-electric vessel, commissioned by Klaipėda Seaport Authority, will clean port waters. Built by…
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RT @dw_russian: 88-летний житель Одессы Роман Шварцман, переживший Холокост, сравнил Путина с Гитлером, выступая в бундестаге ФРГ. "Путин п…
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RT @GitanasNauseda: Lithuania restores its national division! A stronger, modern and highly motivated army stands with NATO allies. By 203…
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Participation in the ceremony in honor of International #HolocaustRemembranceDay at the Baku Synagogue The world promised to #NeverAgain. It is important to keep this promise.
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RT @LTembassyAZ: 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. #NeverAgain promise viable only if we speak up against anti-Semitism and sta…
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RT @BudrysKestutis: Another instance of undersea cable damage has been reported today in the Baltic Sea, this time between #Latvia& #Sweden…
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RT @TetyanaUkrainka: Since we’re talking about how President Zelenskyy on this birthday, let’s talk about when he visited Okhmatdyt childr…
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RT @LithuaniaMFA: #OTD in 1863, the people of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth rose against the occupying Russian Empire. The uprising re…
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January 20 tragedy could not intimidate Azerbaijani people whose fight for more freedom finally led to country‘s full independence. Today I joined other colleagues to honor the memory of the January 20 Martyrs. #commemorating #freedom #january20
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This week #SpaceX launched 2 satellites built by the #Lithuanian company Kongsberg @NanoAvionics as part of the #Transporter12 mission. Saving 60 billion tons of water annually, mitigating drought risks, generating billions in benefits for farmers worldwide? Contributing to #climatechange mitigation? Yes! Constellr’s SkyBee-1, one of the satellites' thermal data will help to aim at this ambitious goal. #Copernicus #InCubed Programme #SpaceDiplomacy #Falcon9
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It’s never easy to lose… unless it is Ukraine. Thank you Ambassador @Husyev for this chess tournament in Baku. Wishing that in NY 2025 all oponents of Ukraine would be defeated. #SlavaUkraini
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RT @LTembassyAZ: Lithuania remembers the victims of the bloody #January13 night, 1991 Crumbling Soviet empire attacked civilians in Vilniu…
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It's an honor to present the letters of credence to HE President of Azerbaijan I.Aliyev At critical times throughout history, #Lithuania and #Azerbaijan supported each other‘s independence. In this spirit of mutual solidarity and friendship, I'd seek to strengthen our relations
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RT @BudrysKestutis: Honored to begin my visit to Latvia with a meeting with President @edgarsrinkevics. Discussed strengthening the securi…
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