Ambassador Maris Riekstins adddressed the opening session of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) conference, held Thursday, June 15 in the US Capitol. The Diplomatic Plenary featured the Ambassadors from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as diplomats from the Embassies of Finland and Sweden. The AABS 20th Conference on Baltic Studies took place June 15-17 at George Washington University in Washington, DC.