Expert-level conference EU Global Strategy: Eastern Partners in European Security which was held in Vilnius on March 2-4 addressed the importance the development of cooperation with European Union partners had for European security while placing a particular emphasis on Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries.

On Monday, March 7, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Brussels for a special European Council meeting to discuss how to stem migrant flows to Europe in cooperation with Turkey, preserve the functioning of the Schengen area and help EU countries confronted with the largest inflows of migrants. European leaders will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in an effort to speed up the implementation of the EU-Turkey Action Plan agreed.

As part of her official visit to Japan, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan. During the meeting, the Speaker of the Seimas emphasised that Lithuania appreciated the Japanese support for our country's accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The interlocutors also focused on the economic cooperation strengthened yearly between the two countries and discussed energy security issues.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Latvia's new Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis to discuss bilateral relations, the positions of Lithuania and Latvia on strategic regional issues and a common response to challenges facing the whole of Europe – measures to overcome the migration crisis and the strengthening of security and defense.

Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens/Farmers) on Thursday pledged to support Lithuania on the issue of safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus.

On 1 March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held meetings in Geneva to discuss the situations in Ukraine and Syria, Lithuania's achievements as a member of the United Nations Security Council, threats to Europe. Linkevičius also attended an informal meeting, dedicated to civil society in the Eastern Partnership region.

There would be seven parties entering the Seimas, i.e. Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and six other parties, if the elections took place tomorrow. This was the information provided according to the latest poll of political preferences of the residents of Lithuania.

Protecting the EU's borders is being debated by the civil liberties committee on Monday. Members discuss plans for setting up a European Border and Coast Guard with the European Commission. In addition MEPs meet Ukrainian MPs as part of the Ukraine Week conference and debate how to improve conditions for women refugees with national MPs. Also Parliament's inquiry committee into testing car emissions meets for the first time on Wednesday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will be travelling to Slovenia on an official visit on February 29 – March 1.

Ukrainian MPs will join MEPs in Brussels for a 3-day "Ukraine week" high-level conference on good parliamentary practice, law-making and representation on 29 February – 2 March. The 40-strong delegation from Ukraine's Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, will include its leadership.