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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda is convening on Monday morning a meeting of the State Defense Council to discuss tensions in the region over Russia's military buildup near Ukraine's borders.

French President Emmanuel Macron believes that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) could undertake a mediation mission in Belarus in coming weeks.

French President Emmanuel Macron promised help in the pursuit of negotiations over the resolution of the political crisis in Belarus and the release of political prisoners during his meeting with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Vilnius on Tuesday.

A team of Russian arms control inspectors are starting on Tuesday a visit to a chosen military area of Lithuania, the Defense Ministry said.

A group of Lithuanian conservative and liberal politicians have asked international bodies to give their assessment of arrests at a Moscow rally in support to independent candidates who were barred from local polls.

A team of Belarus' arms control inspectors are visiting on Thursday the Klaipėda-based Motorized Infantry Brigade Griffin, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said.

Lithuanian arms control inspectors, together with invited inspectors from the Netherlands and Estonia, are visiting Serbia on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry.

A team of Austrian and Swiss arms control inspectors this week carried out an inspection in Lithuania, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.

A Lithuanian arms control inspector is Wednesday visiting the Russian 22nd heavy bomber aviation division.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recommends that Lithuania should allow people with dual citizenship to run for a seat in the parliament.

A group of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and members of non-governmental organizations from Russia, Poland and Ukraine will observe next month's parliamentary elections in Lithuania.