W Vilnius celebrations will be held connecting the Baltic States to the European energy network CESA (Continental Europe Synchronous Area) via Poland's merger with Lithuania LitPol Link. Together with the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, president Andrzej Duda will participate. Representatives of the European Commission will besides be present: Head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioners for Defence Andrius Kubilius Energy Dan Joergensen.
Andrzej Duda is going to Vilnius. ‘Important moment’
— I am very pleased with this invitation from the president of Lithuania to join, then Latvia and Estonia in the European energy network.. This is simply a very crucial moment, due to the fact that for the first time since the collapse of the russian Union, since these countries became independent, they will break out of the russian strategy said the president.
Andrzej Duda added during the conference for the media before leaving for Vilnius that ‘This event is simply a landmark event’. — For me personally, this is an crucial meeting, due to the fact that the full process of building the energy bridge between Poland and Lithuania began behind the presidency of Lech Kaczyński," he said.
The president will then go to Ross Cemetery, 1 of the most crucial Polish necropolis. Duda will lay there wreaths on the disc Mausoleum of parent and Heart of Son, or at the grave of the parent of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, where his heart was besides buried in 1936. The president will besides lay flowers in the Chapel of the January Insurgents of Vilnius necropolis.
The Baltic countries as the last in the EU were not connected to the CESA continental European transmission strategy and functioned within the framework of energy cooperation utilizing russian infrastructure. On Saturday morning, it stopped all electricity flows on connections with Russia and Belarus, which means disconnecting from the IPS/UPS Council and controlling the frequency of the BRELL area in Moscow.
The Baltic countries have detached from the Russian system. They operate in “isolated island” mode
The decision to abandon this strategy was taken more than 10 years ago due to changes in political relations between the EU, the Baltic States and Russia. Russia's attack on Ukraine in February 2022 accelerated the implementation of this process.
