Lithuania–United States relations

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Lithuania – United States relations

Lithuania	United States
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of the United States, Vilnius

Lithuania is one of the most pro-United States nations in Europe and the world, with 73% of Lithuanians viewing the U.S. positively in 2011.^[1] According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 48% of Lithuanians approve of U.S. leadership, with 20% disapproving and 32% uncertain.^[2]

History

The United States established diplomatic relations with Lithuania on 28 July 1922. During World War II, Lithuania was at various times occupied by the

In November 2002, George W. Bush became the first US president to visit Lithuania.^[5] It was a visit following the NATO invitation to join the alliance.

In July 2023, Lithuania hosted

Principal U.S. officials include

• Ambassador — Kara McDonald
• Deputy Chief of Mission — Tamir Waser

The U.S.

Principal Lithuanian officials include^{[citation needed]}:

• Ambassador - Rolandas Kriščiūnas^[8]
• Executive Assistant to the Ambassador - Eglė Janeliūnaitė
• Deputy Chief of Mission - Tomas Gulbinas

Gallery

• 
  President Gitanas Nausėda and President Joe Biden during the 2023 Vilnius summit
• 
  President George W. Bush and President Valdas Adamkus
• 
  US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė
• 
  Vice President Kamala Harris met with Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė to celebrate 100 years of diplomatic relations between US and Lithuania
• 
  US Secretary of State

  Antony J. Blinken meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis
• 
  Secretary of Defense

  Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas
• 
  Lithuanian Armed Forces training together with the US Armed Forces

See also

• Lithuanian Americans
• Foreign relations of the United States
• Foreign relations of Lithuania

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

Further reading

• Alilunas, Leo J, ed. (1978). Lithuanians in the United States: selected studies. R & E Research Associates.
  OCLC 4005548
  .
• Budreckis, Algirdas (1976). The Lithuanians in America, 1651-1975: A Chronology and Fact Book. Oceania Publications.
  OCLC 164038424
  .
• Gedmintas, Aleksandras. “Lithuanians.” In American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation, Vol. 2, edited by David Levinson and Melvin Ember, (Macmillan, 19970 pp 588–96..
• Granquist, Mark A. "Lithuanian Americans." in Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 111–127. Online
• Kuzmickaitė, Daiva Kristina. Between Two Worlds: Recent Lithuanian Immigrants in Chicago (1998–2000). (Vilnius: Versus Aureus, 2003).
• Kelly, Mary E (1996). Born again Lithuanians : ethnic conversions and pilgrimages and the resurgence of Lithuanian-American ethnic identity. University of Kansas.
  OCLC 35004843
  .
• Senn, Alfred Erich; Eidintas, Alfonsas (Spring 1987). "Lithuanian Immigrants in America and the Lithuanian National Movement before 1914". Journal of American Ethnic History. 6 (2): 5–19.
  JSTOR 27500524
  .
• "Lithuanians" in Thernstrom, Stephan, Ann Orlov and Oscar Handlin, eds. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980) Online

External links

• History of Lithuania - U.S. relations

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