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From: Pełka Anna <
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Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 12:54 PM
To: Anu Vask <
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Subject: Embassy of Poland in Tallinn - invitation for Ms Riina Sikkut,
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of the Republic of Estonia
Dear Ms Vask,
On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, I
have a great pleasure to pass an invitation to the Minister of Economic
Affairs and Infrastructure of the Republic of Estonia, Ms Riina Sikkut as
a panelist at the international conference Railway Direction Days 2023:
HSR in 3 Seas, held in Warsaw on 18-19 January 2023.
The organizers would also welcome the attendance of Minister Riina Sikkut
diring networking high-level dinner on the first day of the Conference
January 18,2022).
You can find the detailed information about the Conference in the
attached concept note and invitation as well as on the Conference’s
website https://railwaydirectiondays.com/.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact
us,
Sincerely Yours,
Anna Pełka
Anna Pełka
Minister Counsellor
Consul of the Republic of Poland
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Suur-Karja 1
10140 Tallinn
Tel: +372 627 8204
Mob: +372 553 2476
[email protected]
Twitter: @PLinEstonia
Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy
Government Plenipotentiary
for the Solidarity Transport Hub
Marcin Horała
Warsaw, 28th October 2022
Ms. Riina Sikkut
Minister of Economic Affairs and
Infrastructure of the Republic of
Estonia
Your Excellency, Dear Minister,
we have a pleasure of writing to you in our capacities as Plenipotentiaries of the Polish Government for
the Solidarity Transport Hub and Three Seas Initiative respectively.
European community is facing turbulent period with Russian illegal and unprovoked aggression against
Ukraine causing security, economic and energy crises. Current situation showed us once more the
importance and contribution that NATO brings to stability of Europe and of the Three Seas region
in particular. Transatlantic Alliance has been for decades the backbone of worldwide security and in this
difficult time has once again proved its strength and vitality.
Our efforts are currently rightly focused on helping Ukraine and its people in defending against Russian
aggression. However in the years to come Europe and Three Seas Initiative countries in particular will
also have to reflect on how to strengthen our resilience and defensive capabilities to prepare for even
more challenging international environment. It is clear to us that these capabilities are not only about
hard power but also civilian infrastructure ensuring large scale troops and supplies movements as well
as uninterrupted trade flows.
Pivotal role in supporting connectivity plays implementation of dense, multimodal and interoperable
transport infrastructure. Therefore development of Trans-European Transport Network has become
a center of EU policymakers attention. EU Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy sets a goal of 50%
growth in rail freight traffic and doubling High Speed Rail traffic by 2030.
Tapping into this momentum EU countries of the Three Seas region have been very active
in development of the High Speed Rail projects with initiatives like Rail Baltica, Czech HSR
Programme, and in Poland Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (or CPK) a state-owned company
responsible for planning and delivery of one of the largest transport infrastructure mega-projects
in Europe. Apart from new airport hub CPK project includes the construction of almost 2,000 km
of railway lines, mostly in HSR standard linking also neighboring countries.
All these projects create opportunities for cooperation and integration of transport systems and
strengthening infrastructural links between countries of the Three Seas Initiative and Ukraine. Moreover
upon completion this dense, multimodal and interoperable railway network will significantly strengthen
military mobility capacities along NATO’s Eastern Flank and Ukraine. It will also provide redundancies
in case of Black or Baltic Sea ports blockade creating alternative transport routes along North-South
axis and boosting region’s resilience.
In order to discuss these opportunities and show the vast potential of the High Speed Railways
in developing transport infrastructure in the Three Seas region we are launching the international
conference Railway Direction Days 2023: HSR in 3Seas, held in Warsaw on 18-19 January 2023.
With the above in mind, we would be grateful for the opportunity to get to know the Estonian
Government’s perspective on this topic.
This is why we have a pleasure to invite you to participate in this conference as a panelist in the panel
II on 18th January focused on the importance of railway projects in the Three Seas region for
strengthening the European security and resilience. Other members of this panel would include
representatives of the US Government, NATO Headquarters, Polish National Security Bureau,
Ministries of Transport of the Three Seas region countries and of Polish Baltic Sea ports.
We would also welcome your attendance during networking high-level dinner on the first day
of conference.
You can find the detailed information about the conference in the attached concept note and
on conference’s website https://railwaydirectiondays.com/. The final agenda will follow shortly.
Should you be interested in cooperation on this project I forward contact details of members
of organizational committee Mr. Tomasz Kulicki, e-mail
[email protected] and Mr. Dominik
Cheda, e-mail
[email protected].
Yours sincerely,
Paweł Jabłoński Marcin Horała