Oskars Magone
VILNIUS - Leaders from around the Baltic Sea have gathered in Vilnius to launch the Baltic Sea States Summit, where the country's adopted the "Vilnius Decleration - A Vision for the Baltic Sea Region by 2020".
"The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) succeeded in its original task, to bridge old divides. It should now look with confidence to the future. The joint vision 2020 that we are adopting in this Summit contains the forward-looking objectives," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in his keynote speech at the event.
The declaration covers economic, ecological and social aspects of the region’s sustainable development, the Lithuanian foreign ministry said in a press release.
