The Parliament urges the Council to open negotiations on EU membership with Albania and North Macedonia, especially in the geostrategic context of war in Ukraine.

MEPs call for funding to deal with the consequences of the war in Ukraine, by confiscating Russian oligarchs’ assets, new EU own resources, and using the existing EU budget fully.

The Moldovan President addressed the Parliament on 18 May. Discover how the EU is supporting the country, especially following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

President Gitanas Nausėda has started his official visit to Azerbaijan. On Wednesday morning, he met with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan. The two leaders discussed bilateral cooperation in the economic, energy and transport sectors, the security situation in the Caucasus region, and cooperation between the European Union and Azerbaijan.

On May 18-20, President Gitanas Nausėda will make official visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson. The conversation took place at the initiative of the Swedish Prime Minister.

MEPs and UK parliamentarians will gather in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss the state of EU-UK relations and the war in Ukraine.

On 9-10 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis is paying a working visit to Washington, D.C., United States of America. During the visit, Landsbergis met with the United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, the U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, and the U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Jonathan Finer.

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, Parliament welcomes Moldova’s EU membership application, saying the country is on the right track in adopting key reforms.

President Gitanas Nausėda congratulated President Andrzej Duda of Poland and the Polish people as the two countries celebrate 3 MayConstitution Day.