JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTERS OF THE BALTIC STATES

The Seimas has adopted an amendment to the Constitution (draft No XIIIP-4599(2)), lowering the age limit for candidates to the Seimas election to 21, provided the candidate turns at least 21 on the election day. The amendment to the Constitution was passed with 101 votes in favour, four votes against and 22 abstentions.

On Friday, 22 April, Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė is meeting with Prime Minister of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš and Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas in Riga. The meeting is to take place in the format of the Baltic Council of Ministers (Council of Prime Ministers).

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone call with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković to discuss the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine, providing military assistance and granting EU candidate status to Ukraine.

On 12 April in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn, the President of the Chamber of Deputies Fernand Etgen, and members of the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Cooperation, Immigration and Asylum.

President Gitanas Nausėda continues his visit to Ukraine. Wednesday afternoon, the Lithuanian President along with the Presidents of Poland, Latvia and Estonia met with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv.

The Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a Statement on support for Georgia’s integration into NATO and the European Union (EU). The Committee has invited NATO countries and EU Member States to support the drafting of an Action Plan for Georgia’s NATO accession and granting the status of an EU candidate country to Georgia, given Georgia joins the EU’s common foreign and security policy statements as well as the policies and sanctions of NATO countries and EU Member States targeted against the autocratic regimes in Belarus and Russia.

On April 12, President Gitanas Nausėda will travel to Poland for a working visit to meet with President Andrzej Duda of Poland, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, President Egils Levits of Latvia, and President Alar Karis of Estonia.

MEPs discussed Ukraine, called for an ambitious EU budget for 2023 and defined their priorities on the right to repair during the April plenary session.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda received letters of credence from Ambassador Hovhannes Igityan of Armenia, Ambassador Javier Alcides Bonagas de Gracia of Panama and Ambassador Dharshana Mahendra Perera of Sri Lanka.