On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the security situation in the region, enhanced defense on the eastern flank of the Alliance, and support for Ukraine.

President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. The Lithuanian and Ukrainian leaders discussed the course of the Russian war and support for Ukraine. Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to the President of Ukraine and the people of his country on Defenders Day.

On 12 October in New York, the United States of America, the United Nations General Assembly voted on Ukraine’s territorial integrity and adopted a resolution, defending the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 143 member states voted in favor of the resolution, with 35 abstaining and 5 votes against.

On Monday, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, who is on a working visit to France, met with the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Mathias Cormann, and also addressed the OECD Council.

We, the Presidents of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia condemn the mass bombardments of Ukrainian cities recently carried out by Russia, which constitute war crimes under international law.

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda visited the forward command element of the German brigade in Lithuania in Rukla, where he met with soldiers from Germany.

MEPs urge all countries and international organisations to condemn unequivocally the sham referenda in Ukraine and Russia’s attempt to acquire territory by force.

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Haiti, Myanmar and Ethiopia.

Parliament condemns the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran and asks for EU sanctions against her killers and those involved in quashing the ensuing street protests.

In light of Russia’s escalating war of aggression against Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, the Council decided today to impose a new package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia.