REPUBLIC OF ESTONA
MINISTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
Draft AGENDA
Baltic Transport Ministers’ rneeting — Tallinn 2023
22.01.2023
18:00-21:00 Joint Dinner at Restaurant Ocean 11
23.01.2023
Venue: Suur-Amecrika 1, Tallinn
08:45-09:00 ArrivaJ & Coffee
09:00-10:30 Working session 1
Rail Baltica
O Preseiitation of the European Cornrnission’s view on the Rail Baltic Project by Mr Herald Ruijters
(tbc)
O Presentation on the current situation of Rail Baltic in Estonia by Mr Anvar Salomets
O Project impiementation in the Baltics state of play and exchange ofviews
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10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Working session II
Regional cooperation and EU affairs
O EU affairs Transport topies under the Swedish Presidency (FueIEU Maritirne. AFIR and TEN-T
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state of play) and opportunity to shortly reflect on the possible priorities for the upcorning
transport dossiers if relevant.
O Coordination on the TEN-T regulation and the sternrning upcorning obligation to conduct isolated
rail networks rnigration studies and discussion on the other regional cooperation state of play if
relevant.
12:30-14:00 Joint Lunch at Restaurant Rataskaevu 16
14:00-... End of the meeting
REPUBLIC OF EsT0NIA
)\ MINISTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
Mr Marius Skuodis
Ministry ofTransport and 06.01.2023 No 24.1-6/2023/83-1
Communications of the Republic of
Lithuania
Gedimino Av. 17
LT-01505, Viinius
Baltic Transport Ministers’ Meeting
1 wish you a vely happy New Year!
The unprovoked Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has shocked Europe but has also
brought us closer together. It has once again reaffirmed the need for strong and ciose regional
cooperation, espec ially between neighbours and friends.
The Baltic States are working together towards common goals, and we will keep up this work to
ensure the weil-being and safety ofour citizens. With these goals in mmd, 1 am happy to announce
that the meeting of the Baltic Transport Ministers is to be held in Taliinn on 22 and 23 ofJanuary
2023.
The area oftransport is aiways ofparamount importance. Goods and peopie must be abie to move
efficiently, quickly and in an environmentally friendly way to ensure the connectivity of our region
to the rest of Europe as weli as keeping in mmd the need for a green future. Connectivity and
logistics do not only affect the prosperity of economies in peacetime but are also crucial to the
defence sector as well as survival ofcivilians during wartirne.
Therefore, the main topic of the first working session wili be Rail Baitic — the project that brings
us ali a iot cioser to the goal of being connected to Europe in an environmentaliy friendly way.
Secondiy, we will briefly discuss other regional transport cooperation topics on the agenda of the
Swedish Presidency. Kindiy find the draft agenda attached as a separate document.
Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA
Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail:
[email protected] / http://www.rnkrn.ee
It would be my great pleasure to invite you to the rneeting of 3B Transport Ministers on 22 and
23 ofJanuary 2023 in Tallinn.
1 am looking forward to welcoming you.
With best regards,
Riina Sikkut
Minister of Econornic Affairs and Infrastructure
Anu Vask
+372 625 6438
[email protected]
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