Today, on 2 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will attend the first-ever informal meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Ministers in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

In New York, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić.

On 19 September, at a memorial ceremony at the European External Action Service (EEAS) headquarters in Brussels, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the European Union Arnoldas Pranckevičius, and the Head of the EU Civilian Operations Stefano Tomat, paid tribute to Audrius Šenavičius, who was killed in the EULEX mission in Kosovo ten years ago.

On 18 September in New York, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended an informal meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers, which took place in the margins of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

On 11 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) countries who reside in Lithuania and are accredited to Lithuania. They discussed the most pressing issues of EU foreign policy.

On 8 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People and the European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, who was visiting Lithuania.

On 30-31 August,  the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended an informal meeting of European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) organized by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which runs from 1 July to 31 December 2023.

Today, in Toledo, Spain, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis is attending an informal meeting of European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich).

On 30-31 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will attend an informal meeting of European Union foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich) organized by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which runs from 1 July to 31 December 2023.

On 21-22 August, in the city of Santander in Spain, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will attend the conference “Quo Vadis, Europe?” at a personal invitation of the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell.

Economic operators play a key role in the enforcement of sanctions and in preventing circumvention of sanctions. In cooperation with each other, five Frontier States – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Poland – have developed common practical expert guidance to economic operators on how to detect and prevent circumvention of sanctions.

On 26 June in Luxembourg, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council.

“Last few days have only confirmed Lithuania’s repeated truth for many years that Russia is an unpredictable and dangerous neighbour,” the head of Lithuania’s diplomacy said ahead of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council.

In light of Russia’s unprecedented war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union on June 23 adopted the 11th package of economic and individual sanctions that focuses on preventing the third country circumvention of existing measures. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis says the circumvention of sanctions is an acute problem, so the EU still has a long way to go before closing sanctions loopholes.