On 4 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius discussed the renewed Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov.

Tomorrow the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission will hold their annual College-to-College meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is the biggest political EU-Africa meeting of the year.

Reports of heavy fighting along the line of contact are deeply worrying.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington where world leaders are discussing how to prevent nuclear terrorism threats and strengthen global nuclear security culture. This is the fourth and final top-level summit aiming to ensure long-term commitments to the safe development of nuclear technologies.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a working dinner hosted by President Barack Obama of the United States of America at the White House.

The European Parliament fully supports current efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue, President Martin Schulz said on Wednesday on an official visit to the country, adding that a window of opportunity now exists for a historic step forward for Cyprus and the wider region. At the end of his two-day visit to the island on 29-30 March, the President said Cyprus could become a "message of hope" for all of Europe and promised that Parliament would stand by the country in a post-settlement era.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for a working visit to Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit at the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama. The summit will start with a working dinner at the White House where world leaders will discuss how to prevent nuclear terrorism threats. Dalia Grybauskaitė will also take part in a discussion which will focus on ensuring the protection and safety of nuclear material and facilities, promoting nuclear safety culture and reinforcing the commitments of states to global nuclear security.

On behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended deep condolences to President Mamnoon Hussain of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan over the terror attack in Lahore that killed dozens of victims and left many more injured.

"The attack today (on 27 March - L24.lt) in the centre of the Pakistani city of Lahore decimated peaceful families, many of them Christian, taking indiscriminately its toll among women and children. Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of the victims and to the many injured.

On 24 March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania celebrated the International Francophonie Day. A meeting with the Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Deputy Permanent Delegate of Madagascar to UNESCO Ny Toky Andriamanjato was held on this occasion. The participants of the event had an opportunity to acquaint themselves with Madagascar's political situation, development prospects, history and culture.