On Friday, at the invitation by the Prime Minister of Latvia, the Baltic Heads of Government will pay a visit to Inčukalns underground gas storage facility. Following the visit, the final agreement will be sought on the Baltic regional LNG infrastructure. Earlier on, the Baltic Prime Ministers have also went to Paldiski, where an LNG terminal is planned to be constructed, and paid a visit to Klaipėda LNG terminal.

On 9 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with Claudio Graziano, Chief of the Italian Army, who is visiting Lithuania. Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister thanked Italy for its role in strengthening security of the Baltic States and underlined Lithuania’s readiness to continue to actively contribute to international efforts to counter terrorism, illegal migration and other threats to European security.

On August 8 Defence Attachés of France in Lithuania rotated during a ceremony at the Ministry of National Defence. At the end of the diplomatic service in Lithuania outgoing Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Alain Moulia was awarded the Medal of Merit for strengthening bilateral Lithuanian-French defence cooperation by Vice Minister of National Defence Vytautas Umbrasas. Vice Minister wished a successful term of office to incoming Defence Attaché Colonel Stéphane Loechleiter and luck in continuing the Lithuanian-French defence cooperation that significantly intensified.

On August 3 rotations and command of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battalion Battle Group changed over at a ceremony at the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment in Rukla.

On August 1-2 Minister of National Defence R.Karoblis met with delegations of U.S. Congressmen led by Rob Bishop and Joe Wilson.

On 1 August 2017, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, met with members of the United States Congress. The US Congress delegation, composed of members of the House Committee on Natural Resources under the leadership of Rob Bishop, Chairman of the Committee, as well as Mike Turner, member of the House Committee of the Armed Services, came to Lithuania to familiarise themselves with the situation in the energy market of the Baltic region and to discuss regional security issues.

Lithuania's government will propose that reduced rates of the value-added tax (VAT) tariffs should be 5 and 15%, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis , however, refusing to specify the goods and services the tariffs will apply to.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the meeting of the Baltic states’ presidents and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. Enhancement of regional security and defense cooperation between the Baltic states and the U.S. was in the focus of the meeting.

On 28 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru Víctor Ricardo Luna Mendoza on the country’s Independence Day.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to Ričardas Šlepavičius, Lithuanian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Italian Republic.