Energy, EU – Baltic States, Legislation, Transport

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Dalia Grybauiskaite, Bronislaw Komorowski and Andris Berzins. Vihula, 1.12.2011. Photo: president.lv

“Baltic and Nordic countries are only successful via common actions in the Baltic Sea scope which makes us visible and audible in the whole of Europe,” said Ilves. “We are joined by the Baltic Sea identity.”

Dalia Grybauskaite, Andris Berzins and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, respectively, focused on common transport and energy projects, regional security and the Baltic contribution thereto, writes LETA.

“Estonia knows that Baltic cooperation in the EU is really useful for the citizens of the three states only when our parliaments and governments understand the need to pay for the cross-border transport infrastructure and common energy projects,” said Ilves, reminding of the Rail Baltic project as well as the new Lithuanian nuclear power plant. “There is no place here for pettiness and low level calculation of how much benefits exactly anyone reaps alone, but the general interest and security of the region should be our focus,” said Ilves.

The presidents also spoke of security matters,, including NATO air policing mission as well as the European debt crisis.