Since the annexation of Crimea in March by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the territorial integrity of former Soviet states in the Baltic has been put into question. With sizeable ethnic Russian minorities inhabiting Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, should NATO reconsider its position and allocate more resources to ensure their overeignty? Are the Baltic nations worth going to war to protect?
DATE: Thursday, June 19, 2014 5:30-8:30 pm
PLACE: Club St. James de Montreal, 1145 Union Avenue, Montreal, H38 3C2
COST: $25 per person (includes Cocktail 8: Hors-d‘oeuvres at 5:30)
RSVP: rsvp@atlantic-council.ca
Introductory Remarks:
Roger Hilton (Consultant, Hatley Strategy Advisers)
Moderator:
Julie Lindhout (President, NATO Council of Canada)
Speakers:
Her Excellency Gita Kalmet, Estonian Ambassador to Canada
Ms. Sanita Ulmane, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Latvia
Mr. Jonas Skardinskas, Minister of Plenipotentiary, Lithuanian Embassy in Canada