We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Roger Gifford Honorary Consul for Lithuania in Dorset and former Lord Mayor of the City of London, who most recently was Chairman of the Advisory Board of International Business and Diplomatic Exchange Organization. We honor his outstanding legacy and send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

On 16 January, during his visit to Baghdad, Iraq, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi and the Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.

On 14 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the new German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock on the margins of the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Gymnich) in Brest, France. The meeting focused on bilateral issues, the key challenges facing the region and a possible joint EU response to China’s economic pressure.

On 14 January, at the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Gymnich) in Brest, France, Foreign Ministers discussed the EU’s relationship with China and EU's response to its unilateral use of economic and trade instruments for exerting political pressure.

On 13 January, during an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Gymnich) in Brest, France, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis together with EU Foreign Ministers discussed the  the security situation in the European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood and the EU's work on a Strategic Compass, which seeks to provide an enhanced politico-strategic direction for EU security and defence.

On 13-14 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis is attending an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Gymnich) in Brest (Finistère, Brittany), France. The meeting is hosted by the French Presidency of the Council of the EU.

On 11 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary in Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and discussed China’s economic pressure on Lithuania, as well as the European Union's possible common decisions and measures in response to China’s economic pressure on one of the EU member states.

On 7 January, Foreign Vice-Minister Egidijus Meilūnas attended an extraordinary remote meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss the security situation in Europe in connection with the deployment of Russian troops near Ukraine and to conduct consultations before the intended contact of NATO and its allies with Russia, including the NATO-Russia Council scheduled for 12 January.

On the evening of 3 January, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis spoke by telephone with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Foreign Ministers of the Bucharest Nine (B9) countries.

On 22 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis discussed current issues on the EU agenda at a meeting with the ambassadors of EU Member States residing in and accredited to Lithuania.

On 21 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis participated in the remote Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) Foreign Ministers’ meeting, which focused on the situation in Belarus, relations with China, topical items on the agendas of the United Nations and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the rule of law in Europe.