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Today in Vilnius, Energy Minister @lsavickas met with Björn Seibert, Head of the Cabinet of the @EU_Commission President, and Secretary-General Ilze Juhansone to discuss the priorities of Lithuania’s upcoming EU Council Presidency.

⚡Protecting critical energy infrastructure is a shared European responsibility, Minister Lukas Savickas said at #WarsawSecurityForum. 🇱🇹🇵🇱 Lithuania–Poland partnership is closer than ever.🇺🇦Resilience isn't only about protection – it's also about recovering quickly.

🇮🇪The informal EU Ministers meeting: 0.6% GDP for energy security & phasing out fossil fuels. Long-term focus – boosting renewables, electrification, and regional cooperation. 🤝Meetings with 🇳🇱 🇲🇩 🇨🇾 🇪🇸 ministers preparing Lithuania’s 2027 EU Council Presidency priorities.

🇺🇸🇱🇹Great meeting in NYC between 🇱🇹 Energy Minister @LukasSavickas & 🇺🇸 Energy Secretary Chris Wright! Key outcomes: ✅10 year LNG supply deal signed between Ignitis & US EQT ✅Advancing cooperation on (SMRs) ✅Strengthening critical infrastructure protection & support for 🇺🇦

🇺🇸 LNG secured for a decade - covering ~40% of 🇱🇹 annual household demand. Today in NY 🇱🇹 made the first long-term 🇺🇸 supply deal with EQT. It will strengthen our energy security, diversify our gas supplies and help secure more competitive prices for 🇱🇹 consumers.

🇱🇹 At the #IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Vice-Minister @GGorbacevski highlighted Lithuania’s key priorities: ⚛️ stronger nuclear safety 🇺🇦 support for Ukraine ⚠️ unresolved Belarusian NPP safety issues 🏗️ Ignalina NPP decommissioning experience #NuclearSafety

🇪🇺 The EU and major economies must accelerate the phase-out of russian energy and step up action against russia’s shadow fleet, Energy Minister @lsavickas stressed at the G7+ meeting in Paris. 🇺🇦 Lithuania will also continue supporting Ukraine’s energy sector ahead of winter.

In Brussels, Energy Minister L. Savickas discussed 🇱🇹 EU Council 2027 Presidency priorities with EU leaders: Speeding up logistics for 19 🇱🇹 transformers to 🇺🇦 Securing EU funding for grid resilience against climate threats Phase-out of russian oil imports #EnergySecurity

🇱🇹🤝🇺🇦 Lithuania and Ukraine have signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen cooperation and share experience in protecting energy infrastructure, ensuring its resilience and rapidly restoring damaged facilities.

🇺🇸🇱🇹 Stronger together! Energy Minister met w/ U.S. Ambassador @USAmbLithuania Kara C. McDonald to discuss deepening US-LT energy security, critical infrastructure protection & SMR development.

Yesterday, Lithuania’s Minister of Energy @lsavickas signed a Joint Declaration with the Energy Ministers of Latvia and Estonia to strengthen regional energy security. ⚡

⚡Lukas Savickas has officially taken office as Lithuania's Minister of Energy. “We have achieved energy independence. Now it is time to turn energy into Lithuania's competitive advantage,” says Minister @lsavickas .

⚡️ Lithuania, Latvia and Germany have taken an important step in the “Baltic-German PowerLink” project – the electricity interconnection project is being submitted for EU Project of Common Interest (PCI) status.

🇱🇹🇺🇸 Min. Ž. Vaičiūnas & US Energy Sec. C. Wright talked long-term LNG via "Independence" terminal. "Ignitis" tender out now — eyeing Henry Hub-indexed gas from 2027 = more stable prices for LT. ⚡ #Energy #LNG #LTUSA

⚡~76% renewable electricity, ⚡Kruonio Tech Park: up to 500MW available now, 1GW+ potential, ⚡Planned Baltic-German PowerLink subsea connection, ⚡New interagency task force driving faster grid connections & investor-ready sites.

Acting Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas told @POLITICOEurope that the EU’s revised TEN-E Regulation now includes a dedicated framework for protecting and rapidly restoring critical energy infrastructure, thanks to Lithuania and other like-minded Member States. 🇪🇺🇱🇹👏

🇪🇺⚡ Big day at the EU Energy Council in Luxembourg. "It's going to be an important day — we are talking about a giant leap for the EU. Key decisions will be taken for the protection of critical energy infrastructure." — Minister @ZVaiciunas at #EnergyCouncil #TENe 🇱🇹

On June 24–25, Acting Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) in Gdańsk, focused on strengthening the resilience of Ukraine’s energy system and economy, as well as supporting reconstruction and long-term investment.