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On 28 August in Copenhagen, at the commemoration of the Independence of the Baltic States and the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Denmark, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Girts Valdis Kristovskis and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet discussed the experience of cooperation between Denmark and the Baltic countries, and further prospects.

A.Ažubalis noted that having supported twenty years ago the return of the Baltic countries to the free family of European countries, Denmark was now their active business partner, which occupied the fourth place according to foreign direct investment in Lithuania.

“I have no doubt that our relations have many opportunities to develop and we need to use full potential of our countries,” the Minister said.

According to A.Ažubalis, today Lithuania, as part of the Nordic-Baltic region, is safer than ever before.

“20 years ago with the help of Denmark we made our first steps into a fee world, which led us to a full-fledged membership in the European family, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and today the culmination is our Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),” the Minister stressed.

A.Ažubalis noted that next year, Lithuania would coordinate the activities of the Nordic Baltic Eight (NB8) and E-PINE, thus the regional agenda would continue to be in the center of attention.

Lithuania and Denmark re-established diplomatic relations on 26 August 1991. Denmark was among the first countries that recognized the Independence of Lithuania.