Baltijos ir Šiaurės šalių bendradarbiavimas ; Cooperation between Baltic and Northern countries
The cooperation among Northern European and the three Baltic states has been an object of considerable attention in the Baltic region. Diplomatic relations between the states in the region were established as early as 1990. Real progress can be traced in the long dialogue among the Baltic and the Nordic countries that took over a decade. Worth of notice is also the fact that, with the help of the Nordic states, have we reached the EU threshold, as well as acquired a strong backup in the formation of common policy goals. The Baltic Assembly (BA) and the Nordic Council (NC), serving as the centre of current analysis, can be regarded as comparable interparliamentary institutions. Such conclusion is drawn regarding that the BA was actually created after the model of NC was proposed by the Nordic states. In pursuit of explanation for the inconsistencies fraud in cooperation between the BA and the NC during a set period of time, it has been divided into two parts: a) The NC assistance in founding and early functioning of the BA from 1990 to 1995 the period of limited relationships embodied in the bilateral cooperation treaty, without any collective decision-making. The BA was established in 1991 and owed its financial and political support to NC. At that time its functions were limited, as it had little experience and with the help the NC was to become a legitimate partner.