On 27 August, President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to President Maia Sandu and the people of Moldova on Independence Day.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss the situation on the frontline, military support and Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration.

By a joint statement the Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Ingrida Šimonytė, Krišjanis Karinis and Kaja Kallas have joined the G7 Declaration of Support for Ukraine, expressing their unwavering support and solidarity with the people and the government of Ukraine who are heroically defending the freedom, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of their country. The statement made by the Prime Ministers of the Baltic States notes that only NATO membership will provide Ukraine with security guarantees and a credible deterrent needed to avert future aggression by expansionist Russia.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea and all the people of this country on the National Liberation Day of Korea and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Korea.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is sending a message of greetings, on behalf of the Government and the people of Lithuania, to Singapore celebrating their National Day.

As several countries grapple with rapidly spreading wildfires, the EU steps in to reinforce firefighting efforts and provide much-needed support to the affected communities with over 490 firefighters and 9 firefighting planes deployed to Greece and Tunisia since 18 July.

On 4 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis bade farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Lithuania Vit Korselt.

The Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia – Ingrida Šimonytė, Krišjānis Kariņš, and Kaja Kallas – have signed a joint declaration committing to synchronise the Baltic States’ electricity grids with Western Europe no later than by February 2025.

The EU and the Philippines announced their intention to explore the relaunch of negotiations for an ambitious, modern, and balanced free trade agreement (FTA) – with sustainability at its core. The EU and the Philippines will shortly kick off a bilateral ‘scoping process' to assess to which extent they share a mutual understanding on the future FTA. If this process concludes successfully, and after consultations with the Member States, the EU and the Philippines would be in a position to resume FTA negotiations.

In support of Iceland‘s ambition to increase its presence in Kyiv, Lithuania and Iceland have decided to unite diplomatic efforts in solidarity against unprovoked Russian military invasion.