Complex sentence: By 1999 Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Toomas Hendrik Ilves, was encouraging the Baltic states to become full members with his famous "Estonia as a Nordic Country" speech in which he outlined Estonia's "special case" for membership.
Split into simpler sentences: By 1999 Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Toomas Hendrik Ilves was encouraging the Baltic states to become full members. In his famous "Estonia as a Nordic Country" speech, he outlined Estonia's "special case" for membership.