Baltic presidents meet with Obama

  • 2011-05-31
  • TBT Staff

WARSAW -- The president's of the three Baltic states have met with US President Barack Obama and the leaders of other CEE countries at a major regional conference hosted in Poland over the weekend.

"It is in the interests of both the democratic states of Europe and the United States of America that there are as much strong democratic economies and internationally responsible regions in the world as possible," said Estonian President Toomas Hendrick Ilves.

As part of his brief tour of Europe, Obama held a working dinner in Warsaw with regional leaders. The three Baltic presidents all had a chance to meet and speak individually with the US leader.