Baltic Assembly
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Baltic Assembly
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Member states of the Baltic Assembly (green).
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| Headquarter |  Riga, Latvia |
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| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
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• President
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Laine Randjärv |
| Establishment | |
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• Baltic Assembly
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1991 |
The Baltic Assembly (BA) is a regional organization that promotes intergovernmental cooperation between the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It attempts to find a common position in relation to many international issues, including economic, political and cultural issues. The decisions of the assembly are advisory.
The budget of the BA is funded by the three member governments. The official languages of the Baltic Assembly are Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. The headquarters and of the organization are located in Riga, Latvia.
The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were independent states since 1918 after the fall of the Russian Empire. During the outbreak of World War II, under the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, they were illegally annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940 and continued on for fifty years.
Under Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, the policies of glasnost and perestroika has led to the restoration of independence between 1990 and 1991 which led the Baltic republics to break away. The Soviet Union itself recognized the independence of the restored Baltic states on 6 September 1991 before its dissolution later that year.
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