On Tuesday, August 29, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Kaunas. The President of Portugal comes to visit Portuguese troops deployed in Lithuania.

Parliament is getting ready for a season of political debates and votes on important legislation in climate, migration, the digital market and other areas.
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Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

On 22 August in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, Ambassador Kurt Volker, who attends a conference on regional leadership at Vilnius University. The conference is hosted by the President Valdas Adamkus.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation in the EU and NATO.

On 21–23 August 2017, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, had a working visit in Lillehammer, Norway, where he participated the Conference of Speakers of the Nordic–Baltic Parliaments (NB8).

On 21 August in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the leader of the Action and Solidarity Party of Moldova Maia Sandu to discuss Moldova’s domestic and foreign policy priorities. The interlocutors also exchanged opinions on the political and security situation in the region.

On 21 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Lithuania Jutta Schmitz. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister thanked the Ambassador for her significant contribution to furthering and strengthening ties between Lithuania and Germany.

On 19 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani on the country’s Independence Day.

“Barcelona is close to the heart of all Europeans” - EP President Antonio Tajani on the attacks in Spain