Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis met with Governor of Pennsylvania Thomas Wolf at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg. The Minister underscored close relations between Lithuania and Pennsylvania. According to him, Lithuania’s relations with the U.S. are further strengthening and Pennsylvania may be Lithuania’s gateway. Significant Lithuania’s achievements in natural sciences and the level of development of IT sector, that could be a great spur for mutual trade and investment, were emphasised at the meeting. The Minister also proposed establishing relations between cyber defence communities.

On Friday, 9 June, President Dalia Grybauskaitė leaves on a working visit to Kharkov where she will meet with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine. One of the aims of the visit is to mark visa-free travel throughout the European Union that Ukrainians will enjoy from 11 June.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on a state visit to Estonia where she met with President Kersti Kaljulaid. Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas and Vice-Minister of Defense Edvinas Kerza are members of the state delegation accompanying the President.

European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, and He Lifeng, Chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, have signed on 2nd June in Brussels a Memorandum of Understanding to start a dialogue on state aid control.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius sent a letter to the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson extending his condolences over a deadly terror attack in London, the capital city of the country, on the evening of June 3rd. Terror attack at London Bridge and Borough Market has claimed the life of seven innocent people and injured around fifty.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with members of the United States Congress delegation.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius sent a condolence letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani, expressing his solidarity with his Afghan counterpart after a bomb blast in Kabul. The huge bomb explosion ripped through the diplomatic quarter this morning, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 300.

The Commission has put the European Solidarity Corps on a firm footing by proposing a budget for the next three years and a dedicated legal base.

President Antonio Tajani and representatives from the political groups visit Estonia to discuss priorities for the country's upcoming EU presidency.

The fighting in Tripoli on recent days has broken a hard-wrought ceasefire that had been in place since March. The renewed violence puts at risk the promising start to a dialogue aimed at fostering reconciliation in Libya.