On Wednesday 10 April, as part of the high-level meeting on energy security in the Baltic Sea 2024, the energy ministers of eight countries with a Baltic coastline (Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia and Sweden) signed the Vilnius Declaration to strengthen cooperation on securing offshore energy infrastructures.
This declaration follows the security concerns raised by several acts of sabotage by Russia targeting energy infrastructures in the Baltic Sea.
The signatories are committed to deterring malicious activities against offshore and submarine infrastructures within NATO and the EU.
The countries bordering the Baltic Sea are also aiming to rapidly increase offshore wind capacity. Since 2023, the eight countries have committed to increasing this capacity from 3.1 GW to 19.6 GW by 2030.
Finally, they want to strengthen collaboration on jointly developed offshore hybrid wind farms, new offshore energy hubs and the development of an increasingly interconnected ‘offshore’ wind network. (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)