Asked by: Lord Wrottesley (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government why the Baltic states were not invited to the meeting of European leaders on Ukraine that took place on the 2 March, and whether future meetings on similar matters will include the leaders of the Baltic States.
Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We engage regularly with the Baltic States. The Prime Minister called Baltic leaders on the morning of 2 March and all three Baltic States attended the most recent leaders' meeting on 15 March. The Foreign Secretary discussed security with Estonian and Lithuanian counterparts on 3 and 12 March respectively. The Minister of State, Stephen Doughty hosted representatives from the Baltic States at a roundtable of ministers and senior officials on 11 March and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Permanent Under-Secretary hosted Estonian and Latvian counterparts on 10 and 12 March respectively to discuss developments in Ukraine.