The shocking attack on the Tajoura detention centre that caused the death of dozens of refugees and migrants and injured many more, including children and women, is a stark reminder of how the war in Libya is affecting civilians. We condemn it in the strongest terms. All violence against civilians is unacceptable. We welcome any fact finding mission undertaken by the UN and look forward to its results.

On 5 July in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan Hajime Furuta. The Japanese official will receive the state award from the hands of the President of Lithuania during a solemn ceremony on 6 July.

On 2 July in Canada, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The meeting took place on the margins of the third Ukraine Reform Conference in Toronto.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with Romania’s Ambassador Dan Adrian Balanescu to thank him for his active efforts in strengthening cooperation between Lithuania and Romania.

During their first plenary session since the European elections, MEPs will elect Parliament's president and vice-presidents, and decide on the composition of its committees.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with the outgoing German Ambassador Angelika Viets and thanked her for her personal contribution to the development of bilateral political, economic and cultural cooperation between Lithuania and Germany.

According to the Prime Minister, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Lithuania last year symbolises the ever closer ties between the two countries. It is symbolic that the act of restoration of the State of Lithuania found in Germany was brought to Lithuania last year. Lithuania stands ready to continue to attach particular importance to strengthening relations with Germany.

“Germany's leadership in leading NATO's forward presence in Lithuania is already a success story today. This is a historic solution that we will strongly support in the future. About 30 percent of defence budget goes for modernisation and acquisitions. I am glad that Germany is the cornerstone of our armaments sector. This week, the first two infantry fighter machines of the Lithuanian Armed Forces (Boxer) were brought to Lithuania ”, said Skvernelis.

Germany was noted as one of the most important economic partners, ranking 1 in terms of the number of tourists arriving, the exports of goods of Lithuanian origin, and being among the top five investors. 2017–2018 was marked by investments from Germany. In the future, Lithuania will seek to ensure particularly favourable conditions for German investments.

The common approach of both countries vis-a-vis the future of the EU was pointed out. The goal is an effective union and the unity of all its members. Financial discipline, a smoothly functioning internal market, solidarity is a shared priority. The Head of the Government ensured that Lithuania was ready to cooperate closely in order to reach a constructive solution on BREXIT, drafting an agreement on the EU budget, strengthening the euro area and the Energy Union.

German leadership in European Eastern policy will remain crucial. Lithuanian Eastern Partners - Ukraine and Sakartvelo deserve a clear European perspective to continue on the path of reforms.

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President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with EU member state ambassadors accredited to Lithuania. Taking part in the traditional annual meeting were also Norwegian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Georgian, and Moldovan ambassadors.

On 25 June, the Council adopted decisions on the signature of two agreements between the EU and Vietnam: a free trade agreement (FTA) and an investment protection agreement (IPA).

Despite a recent peace deal, humanitarian needs remain high in South Sudan with nearly two million people internally displaced and almost seven million in need of emergency food aid.

On 18 June, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Japan Gediminas Varvuolis conferred the award of honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Lithuania's Diplomacy Star – on the Director of the Japan-Lithuania Exchange Centre (JLEC) Kenjiro Tamaki. The Mayor of Toyohashi Koichi Sahara and delegation members, the former Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Kazuko Shiraishi, many JLEC members, and other friends of Lithuania attended the awards ceremony.