Ministry of Ecoriomic Affairs, Industry,
Climate Protection and Energy
of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Minister
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy June 2026
of the State of North-Rhine-Westphalia, 40190 Dlsseldorf Page 1 of 1
Minister of Economy and Industry
Mr. Erkki Keido
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
File number:222
of the Republic of Estonia
Suur-Ameerika 1
10122 Tallin, ESTONIA Phone:
0211/61 772-548
Dear Minister,
Thank you for your kind letter and your reflections on our close partner
ship between Estonia and North Rhine-Westphalia.
1 greatly appreciate your understanding regarding the postponement of
my planned visit to Estonia and 1 share your view that our regions have
much to gain from strengthening cooperation, particularly in the fields of
cybersecurity, digital transformation and the defence industry. These top
ics are of growing strategic importance for both our economies and our
societies.
North Rhine-Westphalia highly values Estonia’s internationally recog
nised expertise. 1 am open and interested in your paper prepared by
Nortal and CR14. 1 assure that we wiII review the proposais with interest
as soon as we get them.
Your proposal to visit North Rhine-Westphalia together with a delegation
of Estonian business Ieaders is most welcome. Such an exchange pro
vides an excellent opportunity to identify concrete initiatives and deepen
the ties between our business communities.
1 Iook forward to continuing our dialogue and to further strengthening the
trship between Estonia and North Rhine-Westphalia.
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