 Complete the following phrase:  Balutis started his diplomat career when he was delegated to represent Lithuanian Americans at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The delegation was recalled in December 1919 and Balutis was offered a job dealing with particularly important matters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kaunas. Balutis was involved in negotiating essentially every major international agreement in the difficult post-war years. He was involved in negotiating the LatviaLithuania border and the SovietLithuanian Peace Treaty of July 1920. As situation shifted quickly in the PolishSoviet War, Balutis was a member of the Lithuanian delegation that concluded the Suwałki Agreement of October 1920 with Poland. After Poland staged the Żeligowskis Mutiny and captured Vilnius Region, Balutis represented Lithuania at the mediation efforts by the League of Nations. When Lithuania staged the 