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The Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met in Vilnius today and signed a declaration on the Baltics’ climate neutrality.

President Gitanas Nausėda welcomes the statement adopted on Friday by the North Atlantic Council on the situation at the Poland-Belarus border. According to the President, this is an extremely important sign of allied unity and solidarity in support of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

At the UNESCO General Conference on 10 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis presented Lithuania’s candidacy to the UNESCO Executive Board and for the Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication for the term 2021-2025.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda received letters of credence from Ambassador Tetsu Ozaki of Japan, Ambassador Sahal bin Moustafa of Saudi Arabia and Ambassador Feliciano Antonio dos Santos of the Republic of Angola.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine held a phone call to discuss the difficult situation on the EU border with Belarus and the Russian Federation’s military movement at the eastern border of Ukraine.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to President Andrzej Duda of Poland on Independence Day, wishing the President and all the people of Poland good health, every success and consolidation.

Over 300 metal workers in the Basque region in Spain who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic set to receive €1.2 million in EU aid.

Multinational companies will have to disclose publicly how much tax they pay in each EU country, which will increase scrutiny of their tax practices.

A European Parliament delegation arrives in Glasgow today to participate in the COP26, where they will meet with key players in the negotiations.