Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have drafted a common strategy aimed at boosting the energy security of these states. "The draft strategy has been submitted for study and discussion by the relevant authorities and public in the Baltic states," Interfax quoted the Lithuanian Economics Ministry as saying on January 4. A ministry spokesman said that a conference will be held at the end of January to summarize the proposals and in spring the draft strategy will be submitted for approval at a meeting of Baltic prime ministers. The draft names as the strategic objective of Baltic states the integration of power grids and gas delivery networks with respective EU systems. The strategy also provides for diversifying the sources and suppliers of energy, promoting fuel transit and developing a common policy of Baltic states relating to energy imports from non-EU countries. The strategy names among key objectives the development of cooperation between Baltic states, the formation of a competitive environment, the integration of the power systems of Central European and Nordic countries, the construction and modernisation of power plants, power transmission and distribution systems. It declares as key objectives in gasification the construction of an NLG terminal and infrastructure as well as the connection of the gas pipelines of Lithuania, Poland, Estonia and Finland. The decision to develop a joint energy strategy was made at a meeting of Baltic prime ministers in February 2006.