MEPs are set to adopt new laws to improve the lives of Europeans in the autumn, including on energy security, gender equality and artificial intelligence.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė had an informal bilateral meeting with Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš in Rundale Palace in Latvia to discuss future cooperation and the security situation in the Baltic States. The Prime Ministers emphasised the need to continue the all-round Baltic support to war-ravaged Ukraine. So as to not only stop Russia’s aggression but also to ensure the security of the entire Europe. These goals can only be achieved through effective coordination between the EU, NATO and other allies.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda presented credentials to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Estonia, Raimonda Murmokaitė, and to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Moldova, Tadas Valionis.

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the 2020 elections in Belarus, President Gitanas Nausėda addressed the leader of the Belarusian democratic movement, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and the participants of the Congress for the New Belarus.

The Seimas approved the nomination of Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, as a Member of the European Court of Auditors.

On Sunday, as the country commemorates the 31st anniversary of the tragedy in Medininkai, President Gitanas Nausėda calls on all the people of Lithuania to unite, to join forces, and to draw strength from the officials who, at the dawn of independence, risked their lives to reinforce the country’s borders and to protect them.

On 26 July, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis met with a Member of the German Bundestag, Spokesman for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag Roderich Kiesewetter.

On July 27, Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė has met with Stephane Michaud, Head of Country Cluster Delegation for Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and Kristina Meide, Head of the Lithuanian Red Cross, to discuss the situation of Ukrainians who fled their country as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, also the support they are getting, and the involvement of non-governmental organisations in this regard. Lithuania’s readiness to properly respond to crises has also been discussed.

President Gitanas Nausėda started his visit to Poland. The President of Lithuania and the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, discussed bilateral cooperation in security and defense, the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine on the security of the region, assistance to Ukraine, and its reconstruction.

President Gitanas Nausėda will pay a visit to Poland on July 25-26 to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda.