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All of Lithuania's parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania will seek to promote a dialog between Turkey and the European Union.
Europe cannot turn its back on financially-troubled Turkey in the face of geopolitical security and economic challenges, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday as she met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Vilnius.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is to arrive in Lithuania on Monday.
A military parade is planned to be staged in Vilnius in November to mark the centennial of the Lithuanian state and its armed forces.
European and US politicians and diplomats, in Vilnius for an international conference, on Wednesday underlined the need for strengthening transatlantic ties in the face of security and economic challenges from Russia and China.
The vision of a whole Europe is only possible with the involvement of the Ukrainian and Russian people, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt D. Volker told an international conference in Vilnius on Wednesday.
The biggest threats Europe and the United States are facing are terrorism, economic uncertainty and migration, former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says.
Transatlantic ties are irreplaceable, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says amid the recent tension between the European Union and the United States.
A NATO soldier from Hungary on Tuesday caused a car accident in the outskirts of Vilnius.
Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford has thanked Lithuania for its support in fighting terrorism and reiterated further commitment to the security of the Baltic Sea region.
US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country's defense budget for the next year, adopted by the Congress. Among other things, it includes a call to change NATO's Baltic air policing mission's mandate into that of an air defense mission.
Major Thomas O‘Boy was on Monday accredited as the United Kingdom's new defense attaché to Lithuania, replacing Major Jane Witt who has served in the position for over a year.
Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO's Baltic air policing were scrambled twice last week to identify and escort Russia's military planes flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
Colonel Romualdas Petkevičius will replace Colonel Gintautas Bagdonas as head of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence this week.
American army engineers are finishing installing a training area near Lithuania's southeastern city of Kazlų Rūda, the national television LRT's program Panorama reports.
