“Our allies continue paying attention to our region and hearing the Baltic states’ concern regarding the changed security situation – it is demonstrated by the interoperability and ability to cooperate strengthened at exercises Thunder Storm and Saber Strike ,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis stressed on June 11 when visiting General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area to observe a dynamic display of the exercises at the Urban Warfare Facility.

On 11 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the outgoing Ambassador of Kazakhstan Baurzhan Mukhamejanov and thanked the Ambassador for promoting bilateral relations between Lithuania and Kazakhstan during his term of office.

MEPs will vote on new EU-wide rules for drones, discuss the future of Europe with the Dutch prime minister and debate the Iran nuclear deal during June's plenary session in Strasbourg.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has started his visit to Brussels by the meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete, Member of the European Commission for Energy and Climate Action.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with representatives of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee to discuss cooperation with key strategic partners.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and other European Commissioners in Brussels to present Lithuania’s line on the new EU multiannual financial framework.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is in Tallinn to discuss power links with Western Europe at the Regional Summit of the Heads of Government, namely Prime Ministers of Latvia, Estonia and the Polish Foreign Minister.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morowiecki at Mažeikiai oil refinery Orlen Lietuva to discuss the bilateral relations and other issues of importance to Lithuania and Poland.

On 28 May, Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, took part in a meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels. The foreign ministers of the EU Member States discussed Iran, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela related matters, the situation in Gaza and a document to be designed as a substitute for the Cotonou Agreement.

The Seimas ratified the Agreement of 8 December 2017 between the Republic of Lithuania and Ukraine on the amendments to the social security scheme. The Agreement provides for the recalculation of pensions for all persons (based on their application), both those who have been granted pensions under the former Agreement signed in Vilnius on 27 September 1994 between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of Ukraine on cooperation in the area of pension provision, and those to whom a pension was awarded in accordance with the Agreement of 2017.