The Baltic airspace is protected by a German Eurofighter detachment that strengthen the Baltic Air Policing Mission conducted from Šiauliai. The German Air Force detachment from the Tactical Fighter Wing 21 deployed last week on the basis of bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom: it joined the already deployed Royal Air Force detachment and the Spanish Air Force detachment enhancing the mission.

Baltic foreign ministers Urmas Reinsalu, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Linas Linkevičius expressed support for a process shaped and driven by Venezuelans to establish an inclusive transitional government soon that will lead the country into free and fair presidential elections.

On 20 July in Tallinn, Estonia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in the traditional annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and Germany, which focused on the European Union, security, Eastern Partnership and other important foreign policy issues.

President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to King Philippe of the Belgians and the people of his country on national day.

It is in our interests to foster a good neighborly relationship with Belarus built on mutual respect and trust. However, this also depends on the will and actions of our neighboring country.

“I am pleased to have the U.S. as a strategic partner of Lithuania, as well as one of the main allies that provide security for the whole Baltic region. We are truly thankful for the U.S. rotational troops in Lithuania because it is a significant factor of deterrence contributing to NATO’s efforts in the Baltic region. We seek to provide appropriate conditions to the soldiers of the USA to train and we are looking forward to U.S. rotational troops in the future,” Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis said on July 16, after the meeting with U.S. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy who is conducting a formal visit to Lithuania.

President Gitanas Nausėda is taking part in the European Council summit in Brussels. The meeting – convened in full observance of CODIV-related restrictive measures – is dedicated to negotiating the new multiannual financial framework and the European recovery fund.

On 14 July, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Dalius Čekuolis, the United States Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilchrist, other officials from Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Embassy took part in a cargo departure event.

President Gitanas Nausėda met with the United States Secretary of the Army, Ryan D. McCarthy, to discuss urgent national security issues and U.S.-Lithuania cooperation aimed at strengthening the defensibility of our region.

President Gitanas Nausėda took part in a festive ceremony to commemorate the 610th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald in Poland. In his speech, the President underscored close cooperation bonds between Lithuania and Poland built on centuries-long shared history and best embodied in their legendary victory on the battlefield of Grunwald.