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    41st Session and 28th Baltic Council to be held in Riga

    41st Session and 28th Baltic Council to be held in Riga

    2022. gada 28. oktobris
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    On 27-28 October 2022 in Riga (Latvia), parliamentarians and government representatives of the Baltic States will meet for the 41st Session of the Baltic Assembly to discuss current affairs, preparedness of the Baltic society to face the challenges posed by external threats, building resilient, interconnected, and closely coordinated energy systems in the Baltic States, as well as many other issues. Alongside the Session of the Baltic Assembly, the 28th Baltic Council, a cooperation platform for parliaments and governments, will convene. Members of the Baltic Assembly jointly with representatives of the Baltic Council of Ministers will evaluate the implementation of the joint priorities of 2022 and will define the new objectives of cooperation for 2023.

    When Latvia assumed the presidency of the Baltic Council of Ministers on 1 January, this year, three priorities were established: strengthening regional security and defense, combating hybrid threats and disinformation; modernising the economy by driving the green and digital transition, connectivity, and the development of regional infrastructure projects; and strengthening the strategic and ambitious Eastern Partnership and support for civil society in Belarus. Since 24 February, issues of defense and energy security, as well as firm and united support for Ukraine, have been dominant in the Baltic cooperation. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine changed everything, and the Baltic states are now actively involved in the development and implementation of EU sanctions against Russia.

    Several guests from the Nordic countries will also participate in the opening of the session: Speaker of the Icelandic Parliament Birgir Ármannsson, President of the Nordic Council Erkki Toumioja, Vice President Lulu Ranne and Secretary General of the Nordic Council Kristina Háfoss.

    During the Session, the Baltic Assembly Prizes for Literature, the Arts and Science as well as the Baltic Innovation Prize will also be awarded. The amount of each award is 5,000 euros. The Baltic Assembly prize for literature will be awarded to the Estonian prose writer and poet Kai Aareleid for the novel "Vaikne okean" ("The Pacific Ocean"), while the prize for the arts will go to painter Šarūnas Sauka from Lithuania for the iconography of his unique paintings and painting principles, which are closely related to surrealism and magical realism. The Baltic Innovation Prize will receive Gustavs Strenga, Andris Levāns, Renāte Berga and Laura Kreigere-Liepiņa from Latvia.

    The Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM) is a cooperation institution established by the governments of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia on 13 June 1994. The role of the BCM is to ensure that cooperation at the level of national executive authorities is maintained. The presidency of the BCM is rotated annually among the Baltic states.

    The Baltic Council is a joint meeting of the Baltic Assembly Secretariat and the BCM Cooperation Council, during which the Chairman of the Cooperation Council (the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the presiding country) reports on the year's work. In turn, the foreign minister of the next presiding country informs about the priorities and planned activities of the next presidency, which are included in the Baltic Council's joint statement. The Baltic foreign ministers are members of the BCM Cooperation Council. The Council is in charge of general coordination of cooperation among the Baltic states.

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