Estonia and Latvia, the two northernmost Baltic states, share 343 km of common borders and a long common history,[1] having since the 13th century been ruled by the Livonian Order, Poland–Lithuania, Sweden and finally, until achieving independence in 1918, the Russian Empire. They were both re-occupied by the USSR between 1945 and 1991. The countries reestablished diplomatic relations on 3 January 1992. Estonia has an embassy in Riga, and Latvia has an embassy in Tallinn.
estonia, latvia, relations, estonia, latvia, northernmost, baltic, states, share, common, borders, long, common, history, having, since, 13th, century, been, ruled, livonian, order, poland, lithuania, sweden, finally, until, achieving, independence, 1918, russ. Estonia and Latvia the two northernmost Baltic states share 343 km of common borders and a long common history 1 having since the 13th century been ruled by the Livonian Order Poland Lithuania Sweden and finally until achieving independence in 1918 the Russian Empire They were both re occupied by the USSR between 1945 and 1991 The countries reestablished diplomatic relations on 3 January 1992 Estonia has an embassy in Riga and Latvia has an embassy in Tallinn Estonian Latvian relationsEstonia Latvia Contents 1 Common membership 2 Trade 3 Agreements 4 Defence cooperation 5 Embassies 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksCommon membership editBoth countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States NATO and the European Union The two countries were members of the Baltic Free Trade Area from 1994 until 2004 after which they joined the European Union Trade edit nbsp Estonian embassy in Riga Skolas ielaIn 2006 Latvia accounted for 3 of Estonian exports Latvia accounted for 5 of Estonian imports 2 Agreements editThere are 15 bilateral agreements between the 2 countries many of them signed trilaterally with Lithuania 1 Defence cooperation editThe three Baltic countries signed a trilateral defence agreement on 12 February 1995 3 Embassies editEstonia has embassy in Riga Skolas iela but has plans to relocate to a building in Old town when it is completed 4 See also editForeign relations of Estonia Foreign relations of Latvia 2004 enlargement of the European UnionReferences edit a b Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Latvia Archived 2007 08 03 at the Wayback Machine Forbes com dead link Estonian Embassy in Riga Archived from the original on 2018 02 07 Retrieved 2009 05 30 Estonia sells Riga embassy building eng lsm lv Retrieved 2021 12 21 External links editEstonian embassy in Riga Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Estonia Portals nbsp Politics nbsp Estonia nbsp Latvia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Estonia Latvia relations amp oldid 1155775480, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
