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The Stabilisation and Association Council between the European Union and Kosovo held its first meeting on 25 November 2016. This inaugural meeting marks a new important stage in EU-Kosovo relations.

On 23 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, who is paying a visit to London, held meetings with the Chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Crispin Blunt, the Committee’s member Mike Gapes, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry and Shadow Minister for Europe Khalid Mahmood.

On November 22 Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine General Viktor Muzhenko and a delegation arrived on a formal visit in Lithuania. In Vilnius the guests discussed Lithuania’s and Ukraine’s military cooperation in bilateral and multilateral formats, geopolitical situation, and topical matters of Ukraine’s defence reform. with Juozas Olekas, caretaker Minister of National Defence, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.

Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini on EU-Turkey relations at the plenary session of the European Parliament.

The 48 hour ceasefire brokered by Secretary of State John Kerry in Yemen, although fragile due to widespread violations by all sides, was an initial step in the right direction.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė offered her personal condolences and those of the Lithuanian people to President Shri Pranab Mukherjee of India over the train crash in Uttar Pradesh state, which killed more than one hundred people and left over 150 injured.

The European Commission has found Poland's plans to provide PLN 7.95 billion of support to alleviate the social and environmental impact of closing uncompetitive coal mines by 2018 to be in line with EU state aid rules. The Commission concluded the support would not unduly distort competition.

On 16 November in Paris, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended a solemn event marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Baltic states and France.

On 16 November in Paris, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault. In the meeting, the Ministers discussed cooperation in the fields of politics, security, economy and international policy.