Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, who is beginning her working visit to the United States of America, met with Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf and Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard Major General Mark J. Schindler on Monday.

On 29 November, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė met with Edvards Smiltēns, Speaker of the Saeima of Latvia, who is on a visit to Lithuania for the first time, at the Government Office, and discussed assistance to Ukraine defending itself from the Russian military aggression, the security situation across the region and the importance of tightening sanctions against Russia, cooperation between Lithuania and Latvia in the field of energy and on the Rail Baltica project as well as other relevant partnership issues.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the Speaker of the Latvian Saeima, Edvards Smiltēns. The meeting focused on energy and regional security issues, the course of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and sanctions against the aggressor.

On 2 December, EU institutions will present to citizens who participated in European and national panels and events their follow-up on the Conference and its proposals.

On 29-30 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis will attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest, Romania.

The Northern European Defence Policy Forum (the Northern Group) in Norway’ capital Oslo have agreed to continue the steadfast cooperation on ensuring security of critical infrastructure in the Northern and the Baltic Sea regions.

On Wednesday, Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė met with Minister of Defence of Moldova Anatolie Nosatîi, who is on an official visit to Lithuania. During the meeting at the Office of the Government, the Minister of Defence of Moldova was introduced to the new crisis management model of Lithuania.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with President Miloš Zeman of the Czech Republic to discuss the key areas of bilateral relations, as well as the security situation in Europe and the NATO summit in Vilnius next July.

President Gitanas Nausėda and President Andrzej Duda of Poland spoke on the phone on Wednesday to discuss security situation in the region following yesterday’s Russian attacks on Ukraine and the explosions in Poland.

On Monday, a coordination meeting was held at the Presidential Palace, bringing together Chief Foreign Policy and National Security Advisers to the Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Poland. The Advisers discussed regional security issues, the Russian war in Ukraine, support for Ukraine, and preparations for the NATO Summit in Vilnius next July.