Lithuanian-Latvian border treaty
The Lithuanian-Latvian border treaty was signed on March 30, 1921 between Lithuania and Latvia .
When defining the border between the newly created states, minor changes were essentially made to confirm the course of the border along the formerly Russian administrative areas of Kurland and Kaunas . The border dispute was settled by an international court of arbitration headed by the Scottish diplomat James Young Simpson (1873-1934). As part of the contract, Lithuania received the stretch of coast from Ventoji – Palanga (183 km²; former municipality of Palanga and part of the former Latvian district of Rucava), Latvia received some smaller areas in northern Lithuania (Nereta Apylinkes, Aknysta, Budbergi, Brunva, a total of 290 km²) . Latvia was given a slightly larger area than Lithuania, as the coastal area was considered a more valuable barter and was the only port in Lithuania at the time. Both parties waived further claims against each other in the contract. The border treaty came into force on May 14, 1921. The demarcation of the border took place between 1929 and 1930.
A street in Polangen is named after the Scottish diplomat James Young Simpson .
Web links
- Charlotte Alston: James Young Simpson and the Latvian-Lithuanian border settlement 1920–1921: The papers in the archive of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in: Scottish Geographical Journal, 2002, Vol. 18. Newcastle University, e-prints, 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ e-tar.lt (PDF).
- ↑ a b Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija . Volume 11: Kremacija – Lenzo. Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, Vilnius 2007, ISBN 978-5-420-01613-8 , p. 579.