COOPERATION IN THE REGIONS OF BALTIC COUNTRIES AND THE BALTIC SEA IN FOREIGN POLICY OF LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA IN 1991-2014
The article considers historical development of two regional formats in foreign policy of the Baltic states during the period of restoration of their independence up to the spring of 2014: their three-sided cooperation with each other as well as participation in many-sided interaction with the neighboring countries of Northern Europe in the format of the region of the Baltic Sea. Analyzing the main projects and initiatives within the framework of these formats of regional cooperation, the author shows their role in achieving the most important foreign political objectives of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of the period under discussion.