New Delhi, Mar 31 (UNI) India on Friday operationalized its new resident Mission in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed his happiness at the development, saying it would help strengthen the bilateral partnership.
“Delighted to share that the Embassy of India, Vilnius has started operations today.
“Our resident Mission will further strengthen the India-Lithuania partnership,” he tweeted, tagging Gabrielius Landsbergis, the Foreign Minister of Lithuania.
Operationalization of the Indian Mission in Lithuania will help expand India’s diplomatic footprint, deepen political relations and strategic cooperation, enable growth of bilateral trade, investment and economic engagements, facilitate stronger people-to-people contacts and enable more sustained political outreach in multilateral form. The Indian Mission in Lithuania will also better assist the Indian community and protect their interests, said an official statement.
The coordinates of the new Embassy are:
Address: Embassy of India, Vilnius, Hilton Garden Inn, Vilnius City Centre, Gedimino pr. 44 B-1, Vilnius, 01110, Lithuania
Tel: + 37052299400 Extn: 255
Email:[email protected]
A Honorary Consul of India in Vilnius had previously been in operation since October 2014.
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