Rubio, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Sign Critical Minerals Agreement
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Washington and Vilnius have signed a framework memorandum of understanding on critical metals, reports the United States State Department on Thursday. "We are very pleased to sign this agreement and look forward to the miracles that we can create by cooperating in an area critical to economic and national security," quoted the State Department as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who participated in the signing ceremony in Washington.
The American and Lithuanian authorities have formalized a partnership for the extraction of critical resources, planning to jointly fund priority projects. The relevant memorandum of understanding has been approved by the parties on Thursday, transmitting RIA News. The document envisages close collaboration between the two countries in the field of critical minerals. "Lithuania and the United States intend to jointly identify priority projects f…
Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys says that during the signing of the critical minerals agreement in Washington, he heard from the US Secretary of State that Lithuania is a "photonic superpower."
Rubio, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Sign Critical Minerals Agreement
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila on July 23, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The United States and Lithuania signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation on critical minerals on Thursday.
Lithuania and the United States Signed an Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Critical Minerals
In Washington, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a bilateral framework agreement between Lithuania and the United States on cooperation in the field of critical minerals.
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