President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended an EU summit where EU leaders reached an agreement on the United Kingdom's proposed reforms of the European Union. It is expected that, ahead of Britain's referendum on its membership of the EU, the agreement on reforms will contribute to the UK's decision to stay in the Community.

On 15 February in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and the First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans discussed issues, which were relevant to Lithuania and related to energy, relations with Russia, as well as the EU's Eastern neighbours.

"After a successful implementation of strategic energy projects, such as the liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) in Klaipėda, two electricity interconnections connecting Lithuania to Poland and Lithuania to Sweden, the country is now dealing with a particularly important issue of synchronization with the power network of the Continental Europe. It is precisely this topic that has drawn our greatest attention," said Lithuania's Foreign Minister after the meeting.

"I once again informed the First Vice-President of the European Commission about Lithuania's concerns over the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, which is being constructed in Ostrovets, Belarus. Lithuania has received no answers from Belarus to its questions about relevant environmental requirements, the country has no intention to carry out the so-called 'stress tests', even though it promised to. I drew the attention of Timmermans to the fact that nuclear safety issues must be invariably raised also in the relevant international authorities," said Linkevičius.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister assured that the Nord Stream 2 project was not only not feasible economically, but would also have a negative impact on Europe's energy security: "If we have agreed to create a European Energy Union, we must abide by our agreements and strive for the fulfilment of energy projects in line with the objectives of the European Energy Union.

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On February 18-19, Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Minister of Defence of Sweden Peter Hultqvist underscored the significance of defence reform for Ukraine at a meeting with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Army General Stepan Poltorak in Kiev.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending an EU summit in Brussels which focuses on the implementation of the decisions already taken to deal with the migration crisis and future actions to stem the flow of migrants into the European Union.

On Thursday, 18 February, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Brussels to attend a European Council meeting. Ahead of the United Kingdom's referendum on its membership of the EU, heads of state will seek agreement on Britain's proposed reforms of the Community that would help it stay in the EU. Leaders will also review the implementation of measures to manage the migration crisis.

On February 15 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas discussed Lithuania's and Ukraine's defence cooperation with Ambassador of Ukraine in Lithuania HE Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi at a meeting at the Ministry of National Defence.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending the Munich Security Conference, held bilateral meetings with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Georgia's new Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

The European Parliament will welcome national MPs from across Europe on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 February for joint debates with MEPs on the European Semester Cycles 2015/2016 (Tuesday) and on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (Wednesday). Both events are being held as part of the 2016 edition of the European Parliamentary Week (#EPW16).

At its meeting on 10 February 2016, the Committee on European Affairs of the Seimas discussed the "green card" on corporate social responsibility (CSR) proposed by the National Assembly of France.