The trends of activities of the Committee on Foreign Affairs shall be:
1) to prepare conclusions concerning the ratification and denouncement of international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as other issues of foreign policy which are considered in the Seimas;
2) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legal acts related to foreign affairs, and to submit the conclusions thereon;
3) to exercise parliamentary control of the ministries and other institutions of the Government which carry out foreign policy, submit proposals and recommendations regarding the improvement of their activities, to consider and present proposals concerning the formation and implementation of State foreign policy;
4) to co-ordinate the activities of the Seimas International Relations Department taking into account the priorities of foreign policy, to discuss the activities of the Seimas delegations to international organisations and fora, as well as activities of inter-parliamentary relations groups, and to submit recommendations and proposals thereto;
5) to exercise control of State institutions which make the presentation of information about Lithuania meant for foreign countries, prepare conclusions and proposals relative thereto;
6) in conjunction with State and public organisations, to maintain and develop relations with Lithuanian emigrants and their organisations, as well as with the Lithuanians autochthons residing outside the Republic of Lithuania;
7) in conjunction with other committees, to consider problems related to the regulation of migration and submit proposals and conclusions thereon;
8) to consider and submit recommendations and proposals to the Government concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations of the Republic of Lithuania and the opening of Lithuanian diplomatic missions abroad;
9) to consider in advance proposals of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, submit conclusions and recommendations related to the appointment of diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Lithuania to foreign states and international organisations, as well as the recall of the said representatives.
