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.

New rules to ensure that public funding for European political parties and foundations is used properly were approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Vice Minister of National Defence Vytautas Umbrasas discussed the security situation in the Baltic region and further security enhancement initiatives in the framework of NATO and the EU at a meeting with Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service Pedro Serrano and Deputy NATO Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller in Brussels on April 9-11.

At April’s sitting of Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate the future of Europe with French President Emmanuel Macron. They also vote on measures to boost recycling and curb CO2 emissions.

Dr Mindaugas Puidokas, representative of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) Political Group of the Seimas to NATO Parliamentary Assembly, appealed to Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, and members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, informing them that the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Political Group, in its capacity of the largest political group in the governing coalition of the Lithuanian Parliament, welcomed NATO’s major role in ensuring peace and security in Europe in general and in the Baltic Sea region in particular.

On April 11-13 Minister of National Defence R.Karoblis is conducting a visit in Ukraine in the delegation of the Prime Minister and will attend meetings with the President, Prime Minister, and members of the Parliament of Ukraine.