Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has offered his congratulations to UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his victory in the parliamentary elections, along with the wishes for vigour and strength as well as the support of the people of the United Kingdom, as the United Kingdom turns over a new leaf in UK-EU relationship.

The Committee on Foreign Affairs closely monitors the ongoing processes in Tbilisi, Georgia, and today has discussed the state of play in the Georgian capital.

The European Commission today presented The European Green Deal – a roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas and making the transition just and inclusive for all.

The European Union has fully mobilised the €6 billion operational budget of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, in line with its commitment to the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement. Out of the total Facility budget of €6 billion, €4.3 billion has now been contracted and €2.7 billion disbursed.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis took part at the Prime Ministers’ Council of the Baltic Council of Ministers held in Riga.

The European Union adopted a new €297 million assistance package to support refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon via the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis. The EU has also decided to extend the mandate of the Trust Fund which will allow the Trust Fund's projects to run until the end of 2023.

Energy security, EU-Eastern relations and geopolitical challenges are set to be among the focus points of the 8th session of the joint parliamentary assembly.

President Gitanas Nausėda met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At the multilateral meeting attended by the Presidents of Latvia and Estonia and the Prime Minister of Estonia, cooperation between the Baltic region and Turkey as well as security issues were discussed.

On behalf of the Government, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has expressed solidarity with the Government and the people of Albania in the wake of the aftermath of the most powerful and devastating earthquake.

President Gitanas Nausėda attended a working lunch at the invitation of US President Donald Trump following the main session of the NATO Summit in London. The US leader invited countries meeting the defense commitment of 2 percent of their GDP.