On 22 September in New York, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in an event dedicated to the prevention of crimes against humanity on the margins of the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly, which was organized by Liechtenstein and Mexico.

Deepening the integration of the EU and Latin America is the best way to respond to common challenges, agreed parliamentarians from both sides of the Atlantic at the opening of the ninth plenary session of the Euro-Latin Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), on Tuesday in Montevideo (Uruguay). The economic situation, trade relations between the EU and Latin America and between both regions and China, managing migration flows and fighting terrorism are also on the agenda.

On 21 September 2016, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas, with the participation of Raimundas Karoblis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, unanimously called for the continuation of negotiations with the US on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as well as for completion of the required procedures for the new trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA) and its implementation.

Over the course of its existence, the European Parliament has transformed itself from an assembly with limited powers to a decision-making body directly shaping EU policies. It has been a long road, but one of the milestones was 20 September 1976, when ministers signed rules allowing direct European elections. The elections, held about three years later, gave new democratic legitimacy to the Parliament and allowed MEPs to seek more powers in shaping European policies.

On Tuesday, September 20, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving on a working visit to New York where she will attend the 71th Session of the UN General Assembly.

Following a busy plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs work this week in their constituency or take part in parliamentary delegations. Parliament President Martin Schulz travels to London to meet among others UK Prime Minister Theresa May, while some MEPs are in Lebanon to assess the country's response to the refugee crisis.

On September Minister of Defence of Latvia Raimonds Bergmans and Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Juozas Olekas agreed to collaborate to synchronise procurement of military equipment and signed a joint communique laying out the agreement. The document will serve as a framework for the countries’ close cooperation in developing combat capabilities which would strengthen regional security, reinforce NATO Assurance and Deterrence Measures in the Baltic states, and allow contributing to NATO initiatives.

The meeting’s objective is to discuss the situation in Europe after the Brexit vote, to identify issues of concern to EU citizens and to start consultations on what the future community should be like after the United Kingdom leaves it.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Brussels for an informal EU-27 summit.

On 8–9 September 2016, an informal meeting of Chairs of the Committees on EU Affairs of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian and Polish Parliaments took place in Tallinn. Among other topics, the participants discussed the agenda of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC) due to take place in Bratislava (Slovak Republic) on 13–15 November 2016; reinforcement of the role of national Parliaments in the EU decision-making process; and progress of the EU–US negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). During their visit, the parliamentarians met with Taavi Rõivas, Prime Minister of Estonia, and held an exchange of views on the future of the EU after Brexit.