On 18 May in Vilnius, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Krisciunas and Vice-Governor of Shandong Province Xia Geng opened a business forum, which was attended by about 50 representatives of Chinese enterprises and 70 representatives of Lithuanian companies.

In the lead-up to the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), Warsaw (Republic of Poland) hosted a traditional meeting of the chairpersons of the European Affairs Committees of the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish parliaments on 14 April 2015.

Poland on May 15th became the latest European Union member to oppose the bloc's plan for binding quotas on asylum seekers for its 28 member states.

In the margins of the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on 14 May, head of Lithuania's diplomacy Linas Linkevičius met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Tamar Beruchashvili and the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.

On the second day of the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Antalya, on 14 May, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius stressed that Russia tried the Alliance's vigilance and unity, and called on NATO to ensure permanent presence of its troops in the Baltic States.

At the initiative of the Lithuanian Presidency, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on small arms and light weapons on 13 May.

On 13-14 May, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius is participating in the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Antalya, Turkey, which focuses on the Alliance's adaptation in the face of a changed security environment.

How should the EU interact with its neighbours to the east? Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili shared his views when he joined the foreign affairs committee on 11 May to discuss the Eastern Partnership ahead of the summit in Riga on 21-22 May. We spoke to him afterwards to ask how the partnership is working out for his country and how the EU should deal with Russia.

Turkey must do more to fight corruption and enforce respect for media freedom, free expression and judicial independence, said Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Monday. In a resolution on the progress of reform in Turkey in 2014, MEPs also urge the EU to back Turkey's efforts to build solid, democratic institutions and ensure respect for fundamental freedoms, human rights and the rule of law. Finally, it advocates stepping up EU/Turkey foreign policy cooperation.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom on election victory.