At the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) summit in London, President Gitanas Nausėda proposed to increase military assistance to Ukraine, primarily with air defense systems, as well as to tighten sanctions against Russia, to urgently increase the defense budgets of European countries and to strengthen the JEF’s presence in the Baltic region.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Security and Defense Committee Jarosław Kaczyński together with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala and Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša are going to Kyiv today as representatives of the European Council to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmyhal.

On 14 March, in Warsaw, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė took part in the Lublin triangle format meeting with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.

MEPs will discuss the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as gender equality and the economic recovery during a busy committee week.

On Sunday, President Gitanas Nausėda congratulated the new President of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan.

MEPs joined Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in calling for more EU defence, reduced energy dependence and solidarity with Ukraine in a plenary debate on 9 March.

In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MEPs demand tougher sanctions on Russia and new efforts to grant Ukraine EU candidate status.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda held a phone call with President Andrzej Duda of Poland. The Presidents of Lithuania and Poland discussed support for Ukraine and the strengthening of regional security.

On 22 February, a special informal meeting of EU foreign ministers on the situation in Ukraine was held in Paris, France, as Russia decided to recognize the independence of the two areas in Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts held by Russian-backed separatists, and to send troops to eastern Ukraine.