Lithuania has bilateral agreements on migrant workers with Germany, Ukraine, and Russia. 

Lithuania has concluded several bilateral agreements on the employment of foreign nationals and social security. The first such agreements were signed with Germany in 1993 and Sweden in 1994. These agreements cover the employment oftrainees. However, in practice, only Lithuanian citizens have taken advantage ofthese agreements, despite the very strict qualification, language and other requirements. By mid-1997, not one trainee from Germany or Sweden had come to Lithuania under the terms of these agreements. The bilateral agreements concluded with Poland and the Ukraine have been more effective. Similar draft agreements have been prepared for  onclusionwithBelarus and theRussian Federation. In addition,several agreements have been signed on cooperation in the field of social security for workers and pensioners.

Cooperation is also continuing with other countries in these fields. According to officials from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, one of the most important tasks in the field of labour migration is to initiate and develop bilateral and multilateral agreements on employment and social security, particularly with the Member States of the European Union and other Baltic States, with a view to providing Lithuanian citizens with access to the labour markets in these countries and managing the recruitment of foreign labour in Lithuania.