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REPuBLIc OF EsTONIA MINIsTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRs AND C0MMuNIcATI0Ns Alexandra van Huffelen Minister for Digitalisation for Netherlands; Ministry of the Our Ref: 28.10.2022 No 24.1-8/2022/6647-1 Interior and Kingdom Relations Turfrnarkt 147, 2511 DP, The Hague, The Netherlands Dear Ms. Alexandra van Huffelen, 1 would like to express my sincere gratitude for your participation at the Tallinn Digital Summit 2022. Thank you for your contribution to our discussions on trusted connectivity aiming to connect like-minded countries through trusted partnerships based on shared interests and values and the highest standards. At the Tallinn Digital Summit Ieaders focused on the connectivity digital and physical infrastructure — as it is the backbone of our digital and physical existence and the lifeline of the giobal economy, intersecting everything frorn national security, energy and cyber security to giobal value chains, data governance, and the green transformation. Our exchange of ideas will he the foundation for closer cooperation among like-minded partners to uphold the rules-based international order, to reduce our dependencies and increase our resilience. Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 reminded us that it is incumbent on Europe and its partners not to simply replace malign dependencies on countries like Russia with other malign dependencies but with balanced, trusted partnerships. Estonia remains comrnitted to its prornise to provide the democratic world a venue for accomplishing this very objective. 1 highly appreciate the role you played in making this Summit successful and our bilateral meeting. 1 look forward to seeing you again in Estonia. SinceTely, Kristjan Järvan Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-rnail: [email protected] / http://wwwrnkrn.ee