Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has welcomed the High-Level Conference on the European Social Charter, one of the key events of Lithuania’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE).

On July 3 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz paid his first formal visit to Lithuania. He was welcomed by Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Ministers visited the Padvarionys Border Post in Vilnius Frontier District Unit of the State Border Guard Service and then continued the meeting in Vilnius.

“Competitiveness, security & defence, and social equality are clear electoral messages for the EU’s programme”, said EP President Roberta Metsola to the European Council.

Viktoras Pranckietis, Chair of the Committee on Rural Affairs, and Kazys Starkevičius, Chair of the Committee on Economics of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, participated in a trilateral meeting of representatives of the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Parliaments and agricultural organisations in Warsaw on 24 June 2024 and signed a Declaration calling on the European Union institutions and Member States to initiate a ban on the import of agricultural products originating from russia and belarus and to consider implementing a ban on the transit of such products through the territory of the European Union.

On July 1 Minister of National Defence met with Minister of Defence of Italy Guido Crosetto in Rome with whom he discussed the security situation in Europe, defence cooperation and preparations for the NATO Summit in Washington next week.

On Tuesday, 20 June, in the RL Parliament, President Gitanas Nausėda delivered the traditional annual State of the Nation Address. The main topics were the situation in the region and the need to strengthen the country's security. Below is the content of the entire message:

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the ambassadors of the European Union countries accredited to Lithuania to discuss the outcomes of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the current EU agenda, support for Ukraine, security and defense issues, and the new EU political cycle.

On 13 June, the Prime Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - marked the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Council of Ministers.

On May 12, Lithuania begins its work in the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Lithuania was elected to this important post for the period 2024-2026 at the annual conference of States Parties of the Chemical Weapons Convention last November.