President Gitanas Nausėda will travel to Riga to meet with Latvian President Egils Levit and Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid. The summit, held in a different Baltic country every year, was revived after a major break at the initiative of the Lithuanian President.

Parliament will award the Sakharov human rights prize, elect a new Ombudsman and debate the rule of law in Malta and the EU Summit at the final plenary session of 2019.

Lithuania voiced strong support to the Red Cross Movement and presented the contribution to the programmes of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine at the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva on December 9–12.

President Gitanas Nausėda attended a working session of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday. At the meeting, EU leaders discussed issues of major importance to Lithuania regarding the multiannual financial perspective and climate change, relations with Russia after the Normandy Quartet and the conference on the future of Europe.

During the visit to Brussels, President Gitanas Nausėda met with European Commissioner Johannes Hahn who oversees multiannual financial framework and budget planning.

Tax Disputes under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania visited the Office of the Government.

On 10 December, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council in Brussels, which focused on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027.

MEPs discuss new measures to tackle the climate emergency at an extraordinary plenary session, as well as honour human rights activists and prepare for a conference on the future of Europe.

On December 9, President Gitanas Nausėda met with ambassadors of EU member states. The President and the ambassadors discussed preparations for the European Council meeting on December 12-13, NATO leaders’ meeting, EU relations with the Eastern Partnership countries.

During the NATO Summit hosted in London on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Alliance, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.