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.

MEPs adopted legislation to reinforce the rights of posted workers and also debated the future of Europe and voted on their position on the EU's long-term budget.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, paid a visit to Stockholm on the invitation of Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, on 26 May where he took part in the Baltic Day, a cultural event organised by the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian communities in Sweden, to mark the centenary of their states’ independence.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed an agreement on Lithuania’s accession to the Convention on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Following its ratification by the Seimas, Lithuania will officially become the 36th member of the OECD. President of France Emmanuel Macron and Secretary-General of the OECD Ángel Gurría who attended the ceremony congratulated Lithuania on the accession to the OECD.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Paris where she will sign an agreement on Lithuania’s accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Convention. Lithuania will officially become the 36th member of the organization that unites the strongest and the most advanced economies of the world.

New rules on posted workers could lead to equal pay for equal work, if adopted during the May plenary. MEPs also discuss the Future of EU with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.