We, the Presidents of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia condemn the mass bombardments of Ukrainian cities recently carried out by Russia, which constitute war crimes under international law.

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda visited the forward command element of the German brigade in Lithuania in Rukla, where he met with soldiers from Germany.

MEPs urge all countries and international organisations to condemn unequivocally the sham referenda in Ukraine and Russia’s attempt to acquire territory by force.

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Haiti, Myanmar and Ethiopia.

Parliament condemns the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran and asks for EU sanctions against her killers and those involved in quashing the ensuing street protests.

In light of Russia’s escalating war of aggression against Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, the Council decided today to impose a new package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia.

On Wednesday, First Lady Diana Nausėdienė participated in the international scientific conference “Lithuanian Studies in Georgia” held at Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi, which marked the 10th anniversary of the Center for Lithuanian Language and Culture in Georgia.

President Gitanas Nausėda participated remotely on Tuesday in the European Council preparatory meeting with Charles Michel, President of the European Council.

“The Cyber Rapid Response Teams can be deployed with the EU or in support of EU partners. We can see that the need to support partners has been growing and at the moment we are prepared to back up Moldova,” says Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius. The plans on support to Moldova in ensuring security of its national cyberspace were endorsed at the Ministry of National Defence this week at a meeting of the EU CRRT contributors.

President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to President Nicos Anastasiades and the people of Cyprus on Independence Day.