On Monday, December 3, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is traveling for working visit to Poland at the invitation of President Andrzej Duda.

At its siting, the Seimas held a discussion on the future of the European Union (EU), including the current situation in the EU, recent developments in the EU, EU policy aspects and challenges with the greatest potential effect on Lithuania.

On November 26-December 3 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis is conducting a formal visit to the U.S. and meet with U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Washington to discuss bilateral defence cooperation and development of Lithuania’s capabilities.

MEPs will this week debate the future of the EU with the Danish prime minister and assess the progress of Western Balkan countries towards EU membership.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Brussels on Sunday, November 25, to attend a special meeting of the European Council.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová.

“We have to build upon the added value that the EU defence initiatives create as we implement them, and for that not only EU but also NATO allies’ engagement is simply vital - it is the only way to ensure that the EU-NATO cooperation is effective and initiatives are synergetic,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis said at the joint European Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on November 19.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels to discuss possibilities of enhanced military capabilities in Lithuania, the relations with Russia, regional security challenges and other relevant issues.

Ensuring fair access to social security, protecting whistle-blowers and promoting human rights are on Parliament’s agenda this week.

On 13 November 2018, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania hosted the meetings of the Committee on Non-governmental and Cultural Cooperation, the Committee on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, and the Committee on Commercial and Economic Development, Regional and Local Cooperation, which were organised in the framework of the Session of the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.