On 12 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in the first meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel and stressed the need for the international community to coordinate its efforts more actively for strengthening security and stability in the region.

Parliament on Wednesday approved €279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019.

In a joint debate ahead of the EU summit covering future EU-UK relations and EU financing, MEPs urged Council to agree on the recovery plan.

On 15 June, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic states and Poland took part in a video conference of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers, and expressed their common position on the EU-U.S. cooperation, as well as stressed the importance of transatlantic relations in addressing international policy issues.

On 15 June in Vilnius, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and Poland met to discuss mutual cooperation and actions to further ease restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee MEPs reiterate their overwhelming support for the EU position in the talks between the European Union and the UK on their future relationship.

The EU has supported its eastern neighbourhood and Western Balkans in coping with the Covid-19 outbreak, but is also considering future relations.

“Borders in the EU should reopen as soon as possible,” according to Juan Fernando López Aguilar, chair of Parliament's civil liberties committee . Learn more in our interview.

President Gitanas Nausėda welcomed the guests and participants of the webinar organized by the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre.

On 10 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius had a telephone conversation with Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne and discussed the preparation of the Fourth Ukraine Reform Conference to be held in Vilnius in 2021.