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•0* ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY The Ambassador Tallinn, 18.10.2023 Dear Minister, First, let me congratulate you on the successful Tallinn Digital Summit back in September, and thank you for engaging in the valuable discussion with Norwegian State Secretary Ms. Gunn Karin Gjul during that conference. 1 am writing to you in connection with the recent changes in the Norwegian government made by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. One change ofparticular interest is the establishment of a new ministerial position for digitalization and government administration. 1 believe that this creation has the potential to make Norway an even stronger partner for Estonia in our common quest for meaningful development of the digital domain in general, and digitalization of the public sector in particular. Ms. Karianne Tung has been appointed Minister of Digitalisation and Government Administration. A separate ministry will be established later. Until the new ministry is up and running, minister Tung will be part of the political leadership of the current Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Minister Tung (bom 1993) represents the Norwegian Labor party. She was a member of the Storting (Norwegian parliament) from 2013-2017, where she served on the Health and Social Affairs Committee and later the Transportation and Communications Committee. Prior to her appointment as minister, she was CEO ofTrondheim Tech Port. 1 look forward to continuing the good cooperation with you and your staff and wish you all the best for the current political season. Yours sincerely, Marius Dirdal H.E. Mr. Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communication Technology of the Republic of Estonia, Tallinn MAJANDUD- Jf KOMMUNIKATSIOONIMINISTEERIUM 20. 10. 2023 3/ Postal address: Harju tn. 6 , 15054 Tallinn, Estonia Office address: Haiju tn. 6 Telephone: +37262 71000 Fax: +37262 7lOOlN Org. no.:972417920