On April 25, at the third international Baltic Miltech Summit 2023 held in Vilnius since its establishment Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas stressed the importance of defence technology development through employment of the potential of cooperation between business and science. The international defence technology event provides a platform for debate on the global military technology development trends, technological innovation and supply chain, European Defence Fund initiatives, and development of defence ecosystem.

On Wednesday, the Constitutional Affairs Committee is inviting national MPs to assess Parliament’s proposed revision of the rules on European elections.

Plenary agreed on Thursday to open talks with EU member states on several migration and asylum policy files.

Luxembourg’s Prime Minister addressed MEPs on Wednesday during the 'This is Europe' debate, calling on the EU to remain open and fight off protectionism.

On Wednesday, 19 April, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has met with Manuela Schwesig, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, to discuss current and future cooperation between Lithuania and the German Federal State, also further support for Ukraine and for the Ukrainian population fleeing Russia’s aggression.

MEPs will open talks with the Council of the EU on reforming the EU’s anti-money laundering rules to help authorities crack down on the illicit flow of money and assets.

On Wednesday, after a meeting with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsahkna, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis noted that both countries had constantly urged allies to increase the pace of assistance to Ukraine further and sought to demonstrate tangible progress at the NATO summit in Vilnius, as Ukraine was approaching its membership of the organisation.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda received letters of credence from Ambassador Konstanty Radziwiłł of Poland, Ambassador Tomaž Matjašec of Slovenia, and Ambassador Branislav Pavlovič of Slovakia.

President Metsola called for prisoners of war in Russia to be treated humanely, at the opening of the session in Strasbourg.

On April 18 Vilnius will for the first host a cybersecurity forum, Cyber Champions Summit. Cyber Champions Summit: a bridge between the Transatlantic and Asia-Pacific Cyber is co-organized by the Ministry of National Defence, the National Cyber Security Centre and the Regional Cyber Defence Centre. Representatives of the private and public sectors of NATO Allies and Asia-Pacific partners will gather at the Summit to address the most topical themes of cybersecurity.