NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance sees "no imminent danger" of a conventional military assault in the Baltic Sea region.

Federica Mogherini, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on an official visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The High Representative/Vice President, Federica Mogherini, and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, concluded an official visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of the visit was to strengthen ties and boost partnership with the African Union on common areas of cooperation. In this respect, they met with the new leader of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat who took up office just two days ago.

Parliament deplores the arrest of Pastor Evan Mawarire and political violence against human rights defenders in Zimbabwe, calls for the release of Ukrainians illegally detained in Russia and urges the Philippines to release human rights advocate Senator Leila M. De Lima, detained on drug-trafficking charges, in three resolutions voted on Thursday.

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission have today adopted a Joint Communication proposing a forward- looking EU strategy for Syria.

On 13 March in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with a delegation of members of Political Committees of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, consisting of parliamentary representatives from France, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Turkey, as well as of associate members from the parliaments of Sweden, Finland and Georgia.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the delegation of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Sub-Committee on Partnerships, headed by influential German politician Karl A. Lamers.

On 8 March, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius received the new Ambassador of Namibia to Lithuania Bonny Haufiku. Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister noted that Lithuania was ready to contribute in every way to the development of bilateral relations in the economic, educational and cultural fields, and to share the experience of reforms. In the meeting, the officials also discussed issues related to cooperation in multilateral forums.

The call for a suspension of the EU-facilitated Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, included in a Resolution adopted in the Kosovo Parliament today, does not contribute to a normalisation of relations and is not in line with the commitments continuously made by Kosovo.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and other EU leaders are discussing the future of Europe at the European Council in Brussels.