<P> The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) was established in Copenhagen in 1992 as an informal regional political forum . Its main aim is to promote integration and to close contacts between the region's countries . The members of CBSS are Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Russia, and the European Commission . Its observer states are Belarus, France, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine . </P> <P> The Nordic Council of Ministers and Lithuania engage in political cooperation to attain mutual goals and to determine new trends and possibilities for joint cooperation . The Council's information office aims to disseminate Nordic concepts and to demonstrate and promote Nordic cooperation . </P> <P> Lithuania, together with the five Nordic countries and the two other Baltic countries, is a member of the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and cooperates in its NORDPLUS programme, which is committed to education . </P> <P> The Baltic Development Forum (BDF) is an independent nonprofit organization that unites large companies, cities, business associations and institutions in the Baltic Sea region . In 2010 the BDF's 12th summit was held in Vilnius . </P>

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