On 12 May in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the head of the Polish National Security Bureau Paweł Soloch and discussed NATO’s agenda, joint efforts to improve the readiness of the countries to address threats.

On Monday, while on his working visit in Estonia, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydło, and discussed opportunities for closer bilateral cooperation.

The United States of America is a loyal Lithuania’s partner ready to defence Lithuania and other Baltic states if there is a necessity, according to United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis conducting a visit in Lithuania. At the meeting with Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis the U.S. official underscored several times the U.S. commitment to enhance security in the eastern flank of the Alliance.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis to discuss bilateral cooperation, strengthening of regional and transatlantic security, and the implementation of deterrence measures.

The Seimas adopted the amendments to the Criminal Code, thus bringing the provisions of the Code in line with the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism.

The rights of EU citizens living in the UK and how they will be affected by Brexit is the focus of a hearing organised by three parliamentary committees this week. In addition the inquiry committee investigating the Panama papers holds a meeting with representatives from the Channel Islands, Gibraltar and Madeira to discuss their tax regimes.Political groups also prepare for next week's plenary session.

“European contribution to the enhancement of defence capabilities should be bigger. It is also important to complement NATO but avoid overlapping,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis said at the informal European Union Defence Ministers meeting held in Valetta, Malta, on April 26-27. The National Defence Minister stated Lithuania’s support to the European initiatives that enhance defence capabilities in Europe and sharing the Trans-Atlantic burden, with a focus on sufficient defence financing in Europe.

Next Wednesday, May 10, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis. This is the first visit of a top official in charge of U.S. defense policy to our region, which demonstrates the exclusive attention paid by the United States to the security of Lithuania and the other Baltic states.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Philippe of Belgium who came to Lithuania to visit Belgian soldiers serving in the NATO forward presence battalion.

On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, met with István Hiller, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly. They discussed the cooperation between Lithuania and Hungary, nuclear safety, the Astravyets NPP, and matters pertaining to Ukraine and Russia. The Speaker of the Seimas thanked Dr Hiller for Hungary’s participation in NATO’s Air Policing mission in the Baltic States, appointment of an officer to the NATO Force Integration Unit in Vilnius, deployment of rotational forces in Lithuania, and participation in exercises.