Embassy of Lithuania in London | |
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Location | Pimlico, Westminster, London |
Address | 2 Bessborough Gardens, London, SW1V 2JE |
Coordinates | 51°29′22″N0°7′51″W / 51.48944°N 0.13083°W Coordinates: 51°29′22″N0°7′51″W / 51.48944°N 0.13083°W |
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Originally based in Gloucester Place in Marylebone, the Embassy moved to its current location in Bessborough Gardens, Pimlico in 2011. [2] The Bessborough Gardens embassy is also the base of Lithuania's missions to the Sultanate of Oman, the African Union, the Republic of Ethiopia and Portugal. [3]
In May 2016 Lithuania, also opened an honorary consulate situated in the historic building of Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent. [4]
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