In the pipeline Oil link-up for Baltic nations
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, centre, speaks alongside Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, right, and Romanian president Traian Basecu, left, during an energy-security conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ministers from five east European countries signed a deal on Wednesday for the construction of an oil pipeline linking the Black and Baltic seas, a project aimed at improving regional energy and security and reducing dependence on Russian crude. AP