TALLINN - A discussion will take place at the Foreign Ministry in Tallinn on Monday afternoon, where high-level rapporteurs of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Gabrielius Landsbergis, will present their vision for the preparation of a report on the future of the CBSS.
The approximately hour-long discussion will be opened by Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, followed by a debate on the future of the CBSS, featuring Estonia's former president Toomas Hendrik Ilves and former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis, moderated by Gustav Lindström, the director general of the CBSS Secretariat in Stockholm.
At a meeting in Porvoo, Finland, in June 2024, CBSS foreign ministers decided that the best way to develop the organization and articulate its recommendations for the future is to present this task to a high-level rapporteur. On the initiative of the Estonian presidency, CBSS member states decided to offer this position to Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian president from 2006 to 2016, and Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian foreign minister from 2020 to 2024.
"I am glad that former president Ilves and former foreign minister Landsbergis agreed to take on a role of such responsibility. Recent events in the Baltic Sea have demonstrated clearly that cooperation in ensuring the security and prosperity of the region is becoming increasingly important. The principal task of the rapporteurs is to draw up a report on the future guidelines of the CBSS. I would like to wish them both good luck and I am looking forward to reading their vision of the role of the CBSS in meeting these objectives," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said at the time.
Estonia has held the CBSS presidency since July 1, 2024, with a focus on increasing resilience and sustainability in the Baltic Sea region, and including Ukraine in the activities of the CBSS. Poland will take over the presidency of the CBSS on July 1, 2025.
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