The prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met in Tallinn on Feb. 11, with future energy projects as the main topic of the meeting. The meeting came amid increasing energy diversification efforts by the Baltic countries and their European Union partners to decrease dependence on Russia, the Baltics' primary energy supplier. The two EU states that have taken the lead in partnering with the Baltic countries in these efforts are Sweden and Poland. However, there are many technical, logistical and political obstacles to any significant diversification of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania's energy supplies in the near to mid-term. The reality is that Russia will continue to play a major role, while Poland and Sweden face an uphill battle in bolstering the Baltics' diversification plans.
