Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Lithuania Highlights Expanding India Ties and Gandhi’s Values
Lithuania and India are building a closer relationship.
They already work together in trade and culture.
They are also increasing cooperation in tourism, education and technology.
More Indian students and community members are now in Lithuania.
The two countries are celebrating links between their histories and languages.
Lithuania has a special respect for Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas about peace and non-violence.
A Lithuanian-born friend of Gandhi, Hermann Kallenbach, helped create a personal connection.
The ambassador also compared Lithuania’s peaceful independence movement to Gandhi’s values.
Lithuania and India are expanding cooperation in trade, culture, tourism, education, technology and people-to-people ties.
Ambassador Diana Mickevičienė said political dialogue and the movement of goods and services remain strong.
The Indian student population and Indian community in Lithuania have grown significantly, she said.
The countries are promoting historical and linguistic links, including connections between Sanskrit and Lithuanian.
Mickevičienė praised Mahatma Gandhi’s values and cited the Baltic Way as an example of peaceful resistance.
- Who
- Lithuania, India and Lithuania’s Ambassador to India Diana Mickevičienė.
- What
- The countries are expanding bilateral cooperation while highlighting shared cultural, historical and philosophical connections.
- When
- The ambassador discussed the relationship during her four years in India; Lithuania will mark the Baltic Way anniversary on August 23.
- Where
- The relationship concerns Lithuania and India, with the ambassador speaking in New Delhi.
- Why
- Both countries want to deepen trade, technology, education, tourism and people-to-people connections, while Lithuania identifies with Gandhi’s principles of peace and non-violence.
- Ambassador
- Diana Mickevičienė, Lithuania’s Ambassador to India
- Growing cooperation
- Trade, culture, tourism, education, technology and people-to-people ties
- Community growth
- The Indian community in Lithuania grew three or four times during the ambassador’s four years in India, according to her
- Language link
- The countries highlight a connection between Sanskrit and the Lithuanian language
- Historical connection
- Hermann Kallenbach, a Lithuanian-born Jewish friend of Gandhi, is cited as a link
- Baltic Way
- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed a human chain on August 23 to demand independence, freedom and democracy
- Future focus
- Technological partnerships, including electronic products, components and digital devices