On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with General Eberhard Zorn, Chief of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany, to discuss regional security and defense as well as bilateral military cooperation.

Sunday evening, President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone call with President Emmanuel Macron of France. The conversation took place at the initiative of the French President ahead of his visit to Moscow.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the Speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Gafarova. The meeting focused on bilateral economic and political cooperation, the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy and EU-Azerbaijan cooperation.

Last Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda visited the Lithuanian Air Base in Šiauliai where he participated in a welcome ceremony for the reinforcement of NATO’s air-policing mission.

As the conditions for women continue to deteriorate in Afghanistan, the European Parliament raises awareness about their situation.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda received letters of credence from Ambassador Nagma Mohamed Mallick of the Republic of India.

On 19 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani, who is paying an official visit to Vilnius. The meeting focused on important items on bilateral and international agendas, the security situation in the South Caucasus region, and Georgia's integration into the European Union and NATO.

French President Macron outlined to MEPs on Wednesday the main goals and the political strategy for France’s semester steering the EU.

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.