The Lithuanian President and the Estonian Prime Minister discussed the relations between Lithuania and Estonia, bilateral economic cooperation, emphasized the need for coordinated economic decisions and the aim to achieve energy independence of the Baltic States.

"Energy independence of the Baltic states is one of the priorities of the entire European Union. In order to achieve it, the implementation of energy security projects in the region must be speeded up, giving them particular attention and financial assistance of the European Union," the Lithuanian President said.

According to the President, in order to eliminate the energy isolation of the Baltic States, it is necessary to promote energy diversification, reduce energy dependence on a single supplier and expand the integration of the Baltic Sea region market as well as ensure the development of power bridges between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Estonian Prime Minister discussed priority regional projects which would require financial assistance from the new EU budgetary perspective to be launched in 2014. Such projects would promote the development of power lines, high technologies, science and competitiveness in the Baltic States.