Lithuania's foreign minister encourages to unite efforts for a swifter implementation of the Rail Baltica project

On 14 July in Vilnius, during a meeting with European Commission’s Coordinator for the Rail Baltica railway project Pavel Telička, Lithuania’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas discussed ways of accelerating the implementation of Rail Baltica in the current economic environment and attracting foreign investments for the implementation of this project.

Head of Lithuania’s diplomacy stressed that for Lithuania, Rail Baltica is a strategically important project of infrastructure. According to Minister V.Ušackas, its implementation is progressing too slowly and time is being wasted. Therefore, Lithuania’s position on the market of the region is weakening. The Minister stressed that it was necessary to unite efforts, aiming to make significant progress.

P.Telička thanked Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its vigorous involvement and support, aiming to implement the project faster and more effectively, and stressed that Lithuania had to remain an active partner of the Rail Baltica project. P.Telička acknowledged that it became harder to work on this project during the economic turndown, but there was a need to search for new solutions. According to P.Telička, it is important that the project should be completed as fast as possible.

Minister V.Ušackas invited P.Telička to contribute to the attracting of foreign companies to Lithuania and informed about the ASEM Transport Ministers’ Meeting and the Asia-Europe Transport Development Forum that are being organised in cooperation with Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications on 19-20 October in Vilnius. According to the Minister, these events also have to be of service for advocating the Rail Baltica project to Asian and European business representatives.