On 26 April, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned the Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania Aleksandr Korol and handed him a diplomatic note, requesting to immediately provide detailed information about the incident at the Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) of 17 February.

EP Brexit Steering Group and MEPs from five committees in charge of citizens' rights heard representatives of the 3 million group and UK Home Office officials on Tuesday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences, both personally and on behalf of the Lithuanian people, to Governor General of Canada Julie Payette over the van attack in Toronto, which resulted in the death of ten innocent people and left many injured.

On 21 April 2018 the European Union and Mexico reached a deal on a new trade agreement. It will be part of a broader, modernised EU-Mexico Global Agreement and will deepen and broaden the scope of an existing trade agreement signed in 1997.

MEPs called on Turkey to swiftly conclude the judicial process and release the two Greek soldiers detained since March, in a resolution adopted on Thursday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne of Norway, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit on April 24. The Royal couple accompanied by the Minister of Defense of Norway and a high-level business delegation will pay a two-day official visit to Lithuania.

On 17 April, the European Commission published the annual Enlargement package, as well as assessed progress on reforms in the Western Balkans and Turkey. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius highlighted the importance of the EU open door policy and welcomed progress made by South-eastern European countries.

Lithuania, along with Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Djibouti, Cameroon, Canada, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan and France, has been elected as member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for the 2019-2021 term.

The European Commission adopted on 17 April 2018 its annual Enlargement Package, including seven individual reports, assessing the implementation of the European Union's enlargement policy which is based on established criteria and fair and rigorous conditionality.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President-elect Milo Đukanović of Montenegro on his victory in the election and wished him continued success and strength in discharging the responsible duties of this position.