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sotsiaalministeerium SAABUNtJD Nr Veselibas ministrija Minis,rr ofHealih ofheRepubIicofLaivia BrTvTbas iela 72. RTga. LV-I0I 1. tIr. 67876000, fakss 67876002, e-pasts vrn,vm.gov.Iv. www.vrn.gov.Iv Rigä Mr Peep Peterson Minister ofHealth and Labour Suur-Ameerika 1 10122 Tallinn Estonia g2 Dear Mr. Peterson, Our experience of the last few years has been unprecedented in many ways. COVID-19 pandemic was an arduous test for everyone, particularly so for us, healthcare professionais and organisers. Yet these years have been also a gift in many ways. We have been able to make breakthroughs, which otherwise would not have taken place in vaccine research, therapeutics, crisis preparedness, - digital transformation ofhealthcare and elsewhere. It has been a true privilege to meet you and other distinguished, dedicated professionais, with whom we have worked hand in hand to overcome this unprecedented health ernergency. 1 would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart and express appreciation of our cooperation. The multilateral response was the best way to tackle the pandemic and to find hitherto unknown solutions to solve it. We needed mutual coordination, close and regular communication, sharing of the experience and expertise. 1 would like to thank you also for your solidarity Europe came to our assistance when our health - system was overloaded and needed help most. 1 believe that our response to the pandemic was a true manifestation of the European I-Iealth Union. In fact, it made us more European. Now it is our turn to extend every support to Ukraine in its fight for freedom, which is also a fight for European security and values. The pandemic has put healthcare into the spotlight, but we cannot expect that it will remain there forever. It is our duty to maintain public interest, build value  2 and prove benefits from investing into healthcare by visibly increasing accessibility and quality of care as well as efficiency and effectiveness of public spending. Digital transformation ofhealthcare enabies us to do exactly that. 1 hope that European Health Data Space will soon become reality across the Union and that the digital transformation agenda will be far reaching and ambitious. It is better that we disrupt ourselves at the pace that our systems can stand, rather than be disrupted from outside. My term as Minister of Health of Latvia now comes to an end. My intention is to continue working as hard as 1 can in private and non-governmental sectors to usher in a new 21 st century healthcare accessible, integrated, proactive, digitally - enabled and degrees of magnitude more convenient to patients, medical professionais and healthcare providers better healthcare with better health - outcomes to our people. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Latvia will continue to be your c!ose partner to advance our shared goals and values. Thank you sincerely for your kind collaboration and support! Daniels Pavluts Minister ofHea]th of the Latvia