President Gitanas Nausėda has arrived for an official visit to Moldova to discuss the situation in this country and the upcoming parliamentary elections as well as to show solidarity and support for Moldova’s European integration aspirations.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has met with President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and the parliamentary delegation, and has discussed bilateral cooperation, democratic reforms, Armenia-EU relations, and the fight against COVID-19.

President Gitanas Nausėda presented letters of credence to Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States, Audra Plepytė.

On May 13-14, President Gitanas Nausėda will pay an official visit to Moldova.

EU defence ministers were briefed by the High Representative, Josep Borrell, about current affairs, thereby reviewing a number of recent developments and upcoming events.

The European Commission proposes today a new instrument to address potential distortive effects of foreign subsidies in the Single Market. Today's legislative proposal follows the adoption of the White Paper in June 2020 and an extensive consultation process with stakeholders. It aims at closing the regulatory gap in the Single Market, whereby subsidies granted by non-EU governments currently go largely unchecked, while subsidies granted by Member States are subject to close scrutiny. The new tool is designed to effectively tackle foreign subsidies that cause distortions and harm the level playing field in the Single Market in any market situation. It is also a key element to deliver on the updated EU Industrial Strategy also adopted today, by promoting a fair and competitive Single Market thereby setting the right conditions for the European industry to thrive.

On 6 May, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor at the 38th session of the Working Group of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to address the human rights situation in Denmark and Somalia.

On May 6, Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda is leaving for Porto, where he will take part in the informal European Council and the Social Summit.

EP President David Sassoli, Employment Committee Chair Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (ECR, SK) and several other MEPs will participate in the Porto Social Summit on 7 May.

On 30 April in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis completed his official visit to the South Caucasus. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister was received by the President Ilham Aliyev, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov, and the Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov, who co-chaired the Lithuania-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation together with Landsbergis. The officials of both countries discussed prospects of strengthening bilateral relations, preparations for the next Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for the autumn, the region's security situation and other issues of international policy.