Today, on 29 November, at the annual Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, elections were held for the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for the period 2024-2026. For the first time in history, Russia was excluded from the Executive Council, with the majority voting for Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.

Today, on 28 November in Berlin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock opened the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum 2023.

On 28 November in Berlin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis and Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will open the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum 2023.

On 13 November in Paris, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Spain, Argentine and Andorra Lyra Puišytė-Bostroem presented her letters of credence to the Co-Prince of Andorra, French President Emmanuel Macron.

On 13 November in Brussels,  the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will attend the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council to discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the latest developments concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan, the situation in Israel and the region, and the foreign policy dimension of economic security.

On 10 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis discussed bilateral and regional cooperation, ensuring comprehensive support to Ukraine, regional security, items on the EU and NATO’s agendas, the situation in the Middle East, democracy support and other international issues.

On 10 November in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will meet with the Czech  Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský.

On 6 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Tobias Billström, who is visiting Vilnius, to discuss issues of support to democratic Belarus, strengthening regional security and cooperation, supporting Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression and other relevant items on the international agenda.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has forwarded a diplomatic note to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the note, Lithuania urged Belarus to follow international requirements and standards and to immediately address the environmental, nuclear and radiation safety issues at the Belarusian NPP.

On Monday, 30 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, together with the Lithuanian business delegation, is visiting Indonesia, where he met with Foreign Minister RetnoMarsudi.

On 27 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis visited Singapore, where he met with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan. Landsbergis noted that it was in the common interest of the EU and the Indo-Pacific to ensure that the rules-based international order remained resilient and could withstand geopolitical and economic shocks.

During the working visit, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis, officially opened the Lithuanian Embassy to Singapore. In his welcome speech, Landsbergis noted that by opening the Lithuanian representation, we also opened another gateway to Southeast Asia, which will help promote economic development and innovation between the two countries.

On 26 October in Zagreb, the Ambassador of Lithuania Eduardas Borisovas presented his letters of credence to the President of Croatia Zoran Milanović.

On 26 October, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme Ministerial Forum 2023 under the theme of Sustainable and Quality Investment: New Momentum for OECD-Southeast Asia Partnership. Landsbergis noted that in a constantly changing global environment, where the countries of the transatlantic region and Southeast Asia were currently facing geopolitical challenges, it was necessary to strengthen the link between security and economic growth.