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Position of the Office of the President of the Republic on the article published in the 11th October issue of Eesti Päevaleht
11.10.2001


The Office of the President considers it necessary to take a stand on the article published on the front page of the 11 October issue of “Eesti Päevaleht”.

The President of the Republic is not “secretly striving to shape foreign policy”; according to the Estonian Constitution, the President of the Republic is the Head of State who represents the Republic of Estonia in foreign relations. In organising the President’s work, the President of the Republic’s keywords are openness and dialogue. For this, the President of the Republic intends to establish committees and expert groups to the President’s Academic Council that would address the key issues facing the state and the people.

It is regrettable that there are speculations with the names of individuals, thus putting them in an awkward position. Neither the President of the Republic nor his Office have as yet proposed to anyone to participate in the abovementioned working groups.

The President of the Republic will get acquainted with the work of different state institutions and thereafter make his decisions, of which the public will be duly informed. The President of the Republic has met the Prime Minister Mart Laar, the President of the Bank of Estonia Vahur Kraft, the Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Estonia Mart Sõrg, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Toomas Hendrik Ilves. On the following days, the President of the Republic intends to have meetings with the representatives of the rest of the constitutional institutions and other important organisations.

The Office of the President of the Republic is grateful to the media for the attempt to reflect the first working days of the President of the Republic Arnold Rüütel as extensively as possible. The Office of the President will be glad to help all the journalists in acquiring truthful information about further activities of the President of the Republic.


Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg 11. October 2001


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