Lithuania-Turkey relations

Lithuania	Turkey

Lithuania–Turkey relations are the foreignrelations betweenLithuania andTurkey.

Turkey recognized^[1]Lithuania on July 28, 1922, and diplomatic relations were established^[1] on the same day. TheTurkish ambassador toEstonia inTallinn was also accredited toLithuania. FollowingUSSR occupation and annexation of Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania, the Turkish embassy in Tallinn closed^[2] on September 5, 1940. Turkey, however, never recognized^[3] theSoviet annexation of Lithuania.

Following the revelation^[1] thatGorbachev had authorizedVilnius Massacre, Turkey renewed recognition of Lithuania’s independence and restored^[3] diplomatic relations on September 3, 1991.

Turkey cooperates closely with Lithuania in military affairs and provides personnel^[3] to theNATO Center of Excellence inVilnius. In the past, Turkey trained Lithuanian military units who served^[4] as UN peacekeepers in the formerYugoslavia.

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$687 million in 2018 (Turkish exports/imports: 277/410 million USD).^[3]

• Lithuania has an embassy inAnkara.
• Turkey has an embassy inVilnius.

• Foreign relations of Lithuania
• Foreign relations of Turkey
• Turkey–European Union relations

• Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series / Latvia (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) / Bibliography

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