On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda will pay a working visit to Poland, where in Warsaw he will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

President Gitanas Nausėda, who is attending the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, met with Matthias Cormann, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The meetings focused on the consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine and on international trade, donor support for Ukraine’s reforms and reconstruction, and food exports from Ukraine.

On 16 January, Chancellor of the Government, Giedrė Balčytytė, Deputy Chancellor and Head of the National Crisis Management Centre, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Open Data and Digital Transformation, Rimantas Žylius, attended a Baltic States Centres of Government Meeting in Riga to present Lithuania’s new crisis management model.

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs demand the Russian political and military leadership be held accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

The newly elected Vice-President replaces Eva Kaili (NA, EL) as the fifth VP in the Parliament’s Bureau.

“2022 was another year of a particularly productive defence cooperation between the Baltic states. In the wake of the brutal Russian attack on Ukraine, we worked particularly closely together to deliver as effective an assistance to the Ukrainians as possible. Assistance to Ukraine will remain a priority for the Baltic states in 2023 too,” says Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas.

President Gitanas Nausėda met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and President Andrzej Duda of Poland in Lviv on Wednesday. The second Lublin Triangle summit reaffirmed the importance of the centuries-long strategic partnership between Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine and the unwavering commitment of Lithuania and Poland to provide Ukraine with all assistance to defend itself against Russian military aggression.

President Gitanas Nausėda participated in the launch of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Vilnius office on Tuesday.

On January 9 Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas had a meeting with Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence Thomas Hitschler on a visit to Lithuania. The officials discussed the current security situation and main aspects of bilateral cooperation.

The persistent nature of Lithuania’s military assistance rendered to Ukraine will remain in 2023. The Ministry of National Defense has identified six key directions for further consistent support this year.