BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 30. Lithuanian
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Kęstutis Vaškelevičius and Hikmet Hajiyev,
Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign
Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, discussed
issues of regional security, the strengthening of bilateral ties,
and relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union.
According to a post on the Lithuanian Embassy in Azerbaijan’s
Facebook page, the parties discussed prospects for strengthening
relations between Lithuania and Azerbaijan, as well as relations
between the EU and Azerbaijan during Lithuania’s presidency of the
Council of the European Union.
“In the changing geopolitical and security landscape, it is
important for countries that value freedom to exchange views even
more actively, to understand and support one another,” the
Lithuanian ambassador noted following the meeting.
Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Lithuania were
established in 1995. The two countries are developing cooperation
in the fields of energy, transportation and logistics (including
the Middle Corridor), trade, digitalization, and education. In
April 2026, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė visited Baku,
where the two sides discussed ways to deepen their bilateral
partnership. Lithuania is preparing to assume the presidency of the
Council of the EU in the first half of 2027 and intends to use this
period to promote dialogue between the European Union and
Azerbaijan.
