On 18 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis received the outgoing Ambassador of Ireland to Lithuania Peter McIvor.

On 17 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with the Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi. The Foreign Ministers discussed the aim of developing a strategic dialogue and partnership between Lithuania and Japan in view of the difficult security situation in Europe and Asia, and emerging new geopolitical challenges for the East Asian region.

There are reasons to be optimistic about Lithuania’s trade data for the first half of 2022. The Government’s goal of diversifying export markets has not only proved successful but is also gaining momentum.

On 9 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis bade farewell to Canada’s outgoing Ambassador to the Baltic states Kevin Rex.

On 8 August, two years since the beginning of mass protests over an allegedly rigged presidential election in Belarus, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Belarusian leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and other representatives of the civil society and opposition of Belarus.

On 4 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis bade farewell to the outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Yossef Levy.

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Lublin Triangle – a trilateral platform for political, economic and social cooperation between the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland and Ukraine –

On 22 July in Istanbul, Turkey, an agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea was signed by Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations. Russia also signed the same agreement with Turkey and the United Nations.

On  20 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis had a telephone conversation with the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

On 19 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Foreign Minister of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of Lithuania and Oman discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation, global consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, developments in the Middle East region and the European Union’s focus on a strategic partnership with the Gulf region. The Foreign Minister also highlighted Oman’s mediatory efforts to promote regional security and stability, and welcomed the friendly relationship between Lithuania and Oman.