During his address at the EU Speakers Conference on 24 April 2018, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, reminded the audience of the real threats to the Baltic States and the entire EU and stressed the need to ensure due funding for maintaining security and stability in all Member States.

By 88 votes in favour, the Seimas unanimously adopted amendments to the Consular Statute, thus transferring into Lithuanian legislation the provisions of the Council Directive (EU) 2015/637 of 20 April 2015. The said Directive facilitates consular protection of EU citizens by entitling them to consular services in all third countries where the EU has its diplomatic or consular authorities.

Prior to the spring Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Curtis M. Scaparrotti on 26 April. The interlocutors agreed that the deployment of battlegroups to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, which had been agreed upon at the NATO summit in Warsaw, was an excellent example of successful implementation of rapid and solidarity-based solutions.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway who came to Lithuania on an official visit.

On Parliament's agenda this week are new rules simplifying asylum procedures, legislation on posted workers as well as a conference on digital society.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius together with the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Tacan Ildem and the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze welcomed the participants of the seminar “Strategic Communications cooperation in response to hybrid threats” in Vilnius.

On 20 April 2018, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice-Prime-Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine on her official visit to Lithuania.

MEPs adopted legislation to reduce waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions during April's plenary session. They also debated the future of Europe with French president Emmanuel Macron.

On April 17 Colonel Mukhan Zhassuzakov was accredited as Defence Attaché of Kazakhstan to Lithuania. He was welcomed by Vice Minister of National Defence Vytautas Umbrasas.

On 18 April 2018, in the opening of the session of the Bucharest Nine meeting, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, stressed the importance of strengthening the deterrence and collective defence in the Baltic and Central European region.