Baltic Council

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Baltic Council A successor organization to the Baltic Entente, which had been created on 12 September 1934 to foster solidarity between the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) in the face of aggression from Stalin's Soviet Union, as well as Nazi Germany. In practice, the Baltic Entente was weakened by the continuing strength of the economic rivalries between its members. Ultimately, it was unable to prevent the Soviet invasion of the Baltic states in 1940.

The Baltic Council was founded on 12 May 1990 by the newly refounded independent states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Again, it was primarily a defensive alliance, in an effort to overcome common economic problems, and to help each other against Soviet and Russian bullying. Through its closeness to Russia, Western organizations such as NATO and the European Community were hesitant to enter a close dialogue, though the Baltic Council did form strong links with the Nordic Council.

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