On 31 March, Bulgaria and Romania became Schengen members: the Schengen rules will apply in both Member States including on issuing Schengen visas and controls at the internal air and sea borders will be lifted.

President Gitanas Nausėda met on Thursday in Vilnius with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two leaders discussed the situation on the frontline, the urgent need for military and financial assistance, and Lithuania’s bilateral support for Ukraine.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda chaired the plenary session of the ninth summit of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) in Vilnius.

On 11 April, President Gitanas Nausėda will receive ten foreign leaders in Vilnius for the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit and Business Forum.

On Tuesday, 2 April, President Gitanas Nausėda will meet with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who will be paying a visit to Lithuania. The Lithuanian President and the Dutch Prime Minister will discuss defense and security, the strengthening of NATO’s eastern flank, support for Ukraine, and current EU issues.

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda received letters of credence from Ambassador Benjamin Albert Hayes of Australia, Ambassador Manuel Pedro Chaves of Angola, and Ambassador Toro Justin Ouoro of Burkina Faso.

On March 25, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, and counterparts from Latvia and Estonia met with the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

On Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the allocation of EUR 35 million to contribute to a multilateral initiative launched by the Czech Republic on the procurement and transfer of ammunition to Ukraine.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda participated remotely in the Summit for Democracy, where he stressed the duty of democracies to work together and consolidate their capacities in order to counter the growing pressure from Russia and other authoritarian countries.

March 19, at the 20th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Germany the donors discussed the support to Ukraine in the Capability Coalitions form and activity of the Lithuania-led Demining Coalition which currently includes 22 countries.