On 3 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Ambassadors of the European Union countries residing in and accredited to Lithuania to discuss the most pressing EU foreign policy issues. Landsbergis stressed his support for the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the main aim of continuing comprehensive support for Ukraine, including on the path to European integration.

On 2 February, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis received the Ambassador of Georgia to Lithuania Salome Shapakidze, who assumed her role as the head of Georgia’s diplomatic mission to Lithuania last year.

On 2 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the new Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Lithuania Lim Hoon-Min. The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral relations between Lithuania and the Republic of Korea, prospects for their further development and cooperation in international organizations.

At a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states and Poland in Riga on Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis said that deeper cooperation among the countries was creating a new security architecture in the eastern flank.

On 27 January, the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed to adjudication by a panel over China’s illegal economic restrictions on trade with Lithuania and the European Union at the request of the EU. Establishing a panel is the second step in the WTO’s dispute settlement process, which includes an assessment by three independent experts in trade law to determine whether the measures taken by a WTO member conform with the WTO law.

On 27 January, together with the whole world, we commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD) and pay our sincere respects to the millions of Jews who lost their lives in the Holocaust during World War II, including two hundred thousand Lithuanian citizens.

On 25 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis bade farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of Türkiye to Lithuania Gökhan Turan.

On 24 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis participated remotely in the G7+ Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Ukraine Energy Sector Support at the invitation of the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Landsbergis discussed the need to deliver equipment to restore and strengthen Ukraine’s energy sector due to the Russian attacks with representatives from the world’s largest economies.

On 24 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis will meet with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters and discuss NATO’s summit to be held in Vilnius on 11 and 12 July.

On 23 January in Brussels, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council.