"The prime minister put everything right that there are specific tasks, specific work we need to do and there's a clear timeframe to do all of that. It's probably the most important thing," the politician told BNS on Tuesday.
"I am grateful to the prime minister for trust and I will just go and do the work we agreed that we need to do," he added.
Last week, Landsbergis and Transport Minister Marius Skuodis voiced their readiness to step down and accept responsibility for failure to implement the existing US sanctions, which came into force on December 8, for Belarusian fertilizer producer Belaruskali as the transit of its fertilizers via Lithuania continues.
On Tuesday night, Simonyte announced the Cabinet would continue its work in its existing makeup, taking the escalated geopolitical situation into account, as well as the ongoing challenges over COVID-19 and migration.
The US sanctions for Belaruskali came into force on December 8, but its product shipments via Lithuania did not stop, because Belarus' potash giant had made advance payments to Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways), the country's state-owned railway company, back in November.
The Lithuanian government says that the US sanctions do not directly apply to the transit of fertilizers through Lithuania. However, the government announced last week, after the sanctions had already taken effect, that it was seeking to terminate the state railway company's contract with Belaruskali.
It was also announced on Tuesday that Mantas Bartuska, CEO of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the country's state-owned railway company, would step down.