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On Friday an informal meeting of the Prime Ministers of the Baltic Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, was held in Vilnius. The Prime Minister of Lithuania, Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma, and Prime Minister of Estonia Taavi Rõivas have discussed the situation in Ukraine, preparation for the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, and shared their opinions on the security situation in the region. Joint energy and transport projects have also been talked over.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė spoke on the phone with the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Ángel Gurría. The Secretary-General informed the President that the OECD Council consisting of representatives of all member countries had unanimously decided to invite Lithuania to open negotiations on its membership in this organisation.

This year, World Health Day is dedicated to food safety, a topic that reminds us that all too often in Europe we take for granted that the food on our plates is safe. Europe should be proud that its 500 million consumers benefit from the highest food safety standards in the world and that many other countries take them as the norm to be followed. However, with the globalisation of trade in food, maintaining food safety and hygiene standards whilst providing non-EU countries access to our market is more important than ever.

The Seimas in Lithuania has started deliberating upon amendments to the Law on Military Conscription and the Law on National Defence System Organisation and Military Service.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite met with the U.S. House Armed Services Committee chairman and its members to discuss military, economic and energy cooperation between Lithuania and the United States, the current security situation in Europe as well as the situation in Ukraine.

On Friday, 3 of April, President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to discuss bilateral relations, economic contacts, cooperation within NATO, and security in the region.

After the parliamentary elections in Estonia in early March, the newly elected Riigikogu of the Republic of Estonia will be headed by Eiki Nestor. Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, congratulated the President of the Riigikogu, commending the trust placed in him once again and wishing him success in his work.

On Friday, the Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in the Government building. Prime Minister emphasized the active bilateral relations and discussed Lithuania's goal of becoming a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

During a meeting on 30 March with Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Lithuania Alexander Korol, Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis discussed the issues of improving border traffic, illegal migration, prevention of smuggling and other questions of mutual importance.