Yesterday on 17 December, at the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) summit in Tallinn, President Gitanas Nausėda, alongside the leaders of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, discussed support for Ukraine, measures to counter Russia’s aggression, the strengthening of the JEF’s defense and deterrence policy, and the common vision of the JEF. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, also joined the meeting remotely.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda delivered a keynote address at the 10th Vilnius Foreign and Security Policy Conference at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, where he emphasized that strengthening Lithuania’s security and resilience, along with deterring Russia, are the state’s most important goals. He highlighted that these objectives can only be achieved through a values-based domestic and foreign policy.

Fugitive Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and members of his family are in Russia, where they have been granted political asylum, reported Reuters, based on Russian media reports citing Kremlin sources.

The President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, the President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis, the President of the Republic of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, and the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, met in Klaipėda and issued a joint declaration on the situation in Georgia on Friday.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda presented letters of credence to Egidijus Meilūnas, Lithuanian Ambassador to Canada and Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization.

On Thursday 28th November, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights issues in Hong Kong, Iran and Cambodia.

In accordance with the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens of the Republic of Lithuania, a group of Georgian officials who de facto control the Government of Georgia and are responsible for brutal crackdowns on protesters, violations of human rights and abuse of the rule of law are prohibited from entering Lithuania for five years. The decision was taken by Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

On Sunday, President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone conversation with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili to discuss the situation in Georgia.

On Wednesday, MEPs approved over €116 million in EU Solidarity Fund aid to support recovery efforts in two EU countries relating to floods in 2024.

On Wednesday, First Lady Diana Nausėdienė attended a general Audience with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.