On Wednesday, Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania, met virtually with the Middle East ambassadors, accredited to Lithuania, to discuss the latest situation on the Lithuania’s border with Belarus and fight against illegal migration.

The European Commission has approved its seventh Advanced Purchase Agreement (APA) with a pharmaceutical company to ensure access to a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in Q4 of 2021 and in 2022.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė and Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki have issued a Joint Statement in which they condemn the hybrid war launched by the Belarusian regime against the EU and insist on the need for a swift and decisive response, including though extension of the EU restrictive measures on the Belarusian regime.

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lt Gen Valdemaras Rupšys discussed Armed Forces engagement in the efforts to control the national emergency with President of the Republic of Lithuania HE Gitanas Nausėda at a meeting Tuesday. President welcomed the proposal to add authorization to the Lithuanian military personnel.

On Tuesday, President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, met with Minister of National Defense, Arvydas Anušauskas, and Chief of Defense, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys, to discuss the involvement of military forces in case of emergency.

Ministers of Defence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia had a video teleconference meeting Wednesday on the deteriorating security situation in the region as a result of the hybrid operation the Alexander Lukashenko regime was waging against the Baltic states, NATO and the European Union.

Chancellor of the Government Giedrė Balčytytė has met with a delegation from the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea and has discussed bilateral cooperation.

Norwegian and Czech Defence Attachés changed over at an accreditation ceremony at the Ministry of National Defence Wednesday. Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius thanked the outgoing officials and accredited the incoming.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda visited a military exercise Schneller Degen 2021 with participation of Germany's 10th Panzer Division and Lithuania‘s Mechanized Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf at the General Adolfas Ramanauskas Warfare Training Center and at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area.

In the evening of 23 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis informed the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell about the latest provocations by Belarus against the EU and Lithuania.