A Letter from Estonia

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA MINISTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS H.E Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates. No 24.1 - 6/2022/4659-1 A Letter from Estonia 1 would like to extend my sincere wishes to you and the people of the United Arab Emirates. As you know politics are dynamic my time as a Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information — Techriology wilI come to an end as ofMonday, 18 July. We have agreed on a new three-party coalition and my portfolio has moved to a new coalition partner. 1 am sincerely grateful for the privilege and opportunity to work together with you in this capacity. Our next elections are Iess than 8 months away and 1 am confident we can continue where we Ieft off after that. Until then 1 wiIl continue to invest in further expanding the relations between our countries as a Member ofParliament. 1 remain at your disposal to discuss our mutual interests and facilitate any contacts between our governments and businesses. 1 am very pleased to adrnit that the representatives of the Estonian public and private sector are always open to discuss innovation and share best practices. Our experts are fully prepared to work together with the government officials of the UAE as well as to learn from your experience. 1 am sure our new Minister, my successor, will keep supporting what has aiready been achieved, as well as to advance our relations further. Extraordinary times require contribution from everyone. No one on this pianet is having an easy time this is due to COVID, the Russian war on Ukraine, the energy crisis and many other — challenges that we are currently facing. We must do everything to stop the madness and help restore peace in the world. Estonia is ready to join forces with like-minded countries, working together for a common good. Let me conclude by thanking you for the opportunity to host the successful EXPO in Dubai as well as for the friendship kindly extended to me. 1 hope to have an opportunity to see you again iii not so distant future, 1 believe the evolving relationship between our countries gives us inany opportunities ahead of us. 1 look forward to meeting you again at the next occasion, in TaHinn or elsewhere. From hereon 1 can be reached at andres.sutt:riigikogu.ee and +372 504 3402. Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail: [email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances ofrny highest consideration. With best regards, Andres Sutt Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Anu Vask +372 625 6438 [email protected] 2 (2)