Maryland Estonia Exchange Council

These agreements allow specific initiatives for mutual benefit to businesses, cultural exchanges, educational programs, civic organizations, security departments and healthcare institutions.

The special relationship between Estonia and Maryland started in the early 1990s as part of the NATO Partnership for Peace Program at the end of the Cold War.

The panelists that participated in the open discussion that was organised in Harford Community College (HCC), were Karl Altau, Joint Baltic American National Committee Managing Director, Kristjan Kuurme, secretary of political affairs for the Estonian Embassy, Vjatseslav Konovalov, Narva City Deputy Mayor, and Tarmo Tammiste, Narva Mayor.

The next cooperation initiative is a project, the aim of which is to educate high school students in Narva about treating and preventing the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The cost of shipping the art to Bel Air is estimated at $15,000, but the good news is that the display could draw people from Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.