According to a release from the Belarusian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, officials from Belarus and Lithuania met 13 to 15 June 2018 for the second round of negotiations for a new social security agreement. The agreement must be finalized, signed, and ratified before entering into force and, once in force and effective, will replace the 1999 agreement between the two countries. The next round of negotiations is to take place in early 2019.