On 6 February in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting, which discussed issues related to Ukraine, Libya, Egypt and the Middle East peace process.

On 6 February in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans to discuss nuclear safety in the EU’s neighborhood and the future of the European Union.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending an informal EU summit in Malta to discuss measures aimed at stopping illegal migration, including flows from Africa.

The results of 2016 Gabon’s presidential election are "non-transparent and highly doubtful", say MEPs in a resolution, voted on Thursday, on the rule of law crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Gabon. They also call on the Congolese authorities to hold credible elections before the end of 2017.

The High Representative /Vice-President Federica Mogherini held today a phone conversation with the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

Georgian citizens will be able to enter the EU without a visa for short stays, under a new law passed by Parliament on Thursday.

The need to stabilise the internal situation in Libya and to preserve the EU values, including human rights, were the recurring points raised by MEPs in a Wednesday afternoon debate with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on growing migratory pressure in the central Mediterranean.

Albania needs to implement EU-related reforms credibly, and ensure that its June parliamentary elections are free and fair, if it is to start EU accession negotiations, said Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday. In a separate resolution, they also urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to overcome its ethnic and political divisions and remain united throughout the EU membership application evaluation process, to prove that it is a functioning state.

US President Donald Trump and NATO both agree on the need for dialogue with Russia from a position of strength, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations on behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf to King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on his jubilee.